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Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls waterfall, c.1 mi (1.6 km) wide with a maximum drop of 420 ft (128 m), in the Zambezi River, S central Africa, on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border. The falls are formed as the Zambezi plummets into a narrow chasm (c.400 ft/120 m wide) carved by its waters along a fracture zone in the ear... Read more
Teapot Dome
Teapot Dome in U.S. history, oil reserve scandal that began during the administration of President Harding . In 1921, by executive order of the President, control of naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyo., and at Elk Hills, Calif., was transferred from the Navy Dept. to the Dept. of the Interior.... Read more
sleet
sleet precipitation of small, partially melted grains of ice. As raindrops fall from clouds, they pass through layers of air at different temperatures. If they pass through a layer with a temperature below the freezing point, they turn into sleet. Snowflakes that have melted by passing through a wa... Read more
Orange River
Orange River chief river of S Africa, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, rising in the Maluti Mts., N Lesotho. It flows SW through Lesotho, then meanders northwest and west through central South Africa, forming the SW boundary of Free State and part of the South Africa-Namibia line before entering the Atl... Read more
Toltec
Toltec , ancient civilization of Mexico. The name in Nahuatl means "master builders." The Toltec formed a warrior aristocracy that gained ascendancy in the Valley of Mexico c.AD 900 after the fall of Teotihuacán. Their early history is obscure but they seem to have had ancient links with ... Read more
New Year's Day
New Year's Day among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. After the adoption of the Gregorian calendar that began in 1582, t... Read more
calendar
calendar [Lat., from Kalends], system of reckoning time for the practical purpose of recording past events and calculating dates for future plans. The calendar is based on noting ordinary and easily observable natural events, the cycle of the sun through the seasons with equinox and solstice , a... Read more
Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill , 1900-1950, German-American composer, b. Dessau, studied with Humperdinck and Busoni in Berlin. He first became known with the production of two short, satirical, surrealist operas, Der Protagonist (1926) and Der Zar lässt sich photographieren [the czar has himself photographed]... Read more
Victoria Nile
Victoria Nile river, section of the White Nile, c.260 mi (420 km) long, central Uganda, E central Africa. It drains from the northern end of Lake Victoria at Jinja and flows generally north and west, over Ripon Falls and Owen Falls (both now submerged), through shallow Lake Kyoga, and thence over K... Read more
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov , 1920-92, American author and scientist, b. Petrovichi, USSR, grad. Columbia Univ. (B.S., 1939; M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1948). An astonishingly prolific author, he wrote over 400 books. He first became prominent as a writer of such science fiction as I, Robot (1950, repr. 1970), The Cave... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "400 years of history; In the fall"

Mobile: Education and Research
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...building program in its history with the opening of...Elementary School in the fall of 1999. Spencer...budget exceeds $400 million yearly. The...x2013;2003 fiscal year. Total enrollment...University offering 2-year degrees; and four...collection of more than 400,000 volumes, as...
Korean Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...Finnish. EARLY HISTORY In its 5,000-year history, Korea...peninsula for the next 400 years. Historians commonly...again. Within 36 years the Koguryo kingdom...During Koryo's 400-year reign, artistic...eventually led to the fall of Koryo in 1392...
Heng, Chang
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...born in the Chinese Year of the Horse 2776...a golden age of 400 years of enlightenment...where he learned history, current events...Heng spent several years honing his skills...The ball would fall into the waiting...Gansu Province, 400 miles away, had...
Aviation Security Screeners, United States
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...at the more than 400 major commercial...agency in U.S. history. The fact that ATSA...prevailed in early fall, 2001. In fact...compromise. Over the year that followed passage...contractors. After two years, all airports would...November 2002, a year after the passage...600 and ...
road
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...transportation. The history of roads has been...between 500 and 400 BC, all the provinces...them 1,500 mi (2,400 km) long. The ancient...thick. From the fall of the Roman Empire...marked the early years of the century, canals...in a relatively few years. The building of...
Lebanon
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...RELIGIONS TRANSPORTATION HISTORY GOVERNMENT POLITICAL...used. HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January...has an area of 10,400 sq km (4,015 sq...a 1,000 sq km (400 sq mi) strip along...affected the country's history, in that virtually...winter, spring, and fall, both skiing and...
Amina of Zaria
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...largest borders in history. More than 400 years later, the...was the rise and fall of the powerful and...siblings. She was 16 years old when her noble...commerce. During the years between 1200-1700...intermittently during those years by various other...brother in the tenth ...
Public Health
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying ...world in the past 150 years. Its aims are to...settlements 10,000 years ago, human progress...contributed to the fall of civilizations...end of the first year of the Peloponnesian...200–400 c.e.) was sapped...next two to three years until it had laid...work Rats, Lice and ...
Rudolph, Wilma
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...athlete Wilma Rudolph made history in the 1960 Summer Olympic...disability After five years of treatment, Wilma...was cut in her freshman year. She finally earned...State University in the fall of 1957, with the intention...Rudolph also brought her 400-meter relay team from...out ...
Fort Worth: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...African Savannah, Asian Falls, Parrot Paradise, and...Museum of Science and History features a Texas sky show...in Lake Worth is a 3,400-acre habitat and National...concerts throughout the year. Electrifying film performances...Museum of Science and History. The Scott Theatre hosts...

Dictionary entries related to "400 years of history; In the fall"

Hitler: Ein Film aus Deutschland
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...color; running time: 400 minutes. Released 1977...New German Cinema: A History, London, 1989. Articles...Millenium (New York), Fall 1981-Winter 1982...Critique, vol. 57, Fall 1992. "Az inas monologja...land for a couple of years. The world premier was...imaginative film of the year." ...
La Terra Trema
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Evanston, Illinois), Fall 1971. New York Times...Paris), no. 400, June 1994. Nagel...1948, the year of La terra trema, is also the year of the crucial postwar...has it, political history and film history coincide. Italians...
Lesquereux, Leo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...suffered a near-fatal fall that brought on partial...deafness. After two years at the Coll è...Boston, 1884) two years after James ’...x2019; s later years were spent naming...Museum of Natural History) in Washington...17 (1892), 1-400, reprinted in lsis...
Henry V
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...England. Cost: about £400,000. Producers: Laurence...A., Where We Came In: 70 Years of the British Film Industry...and Other Grand Illusions: A History of Film Design, New York...Quarterly (Salisbury, Maryland), Fall 1977. Manheim, M., "Olivier...
Mitchell, Elisha
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...June 1857) natural history . Elisha Mitchell...Hill. In the same year he received a license...minister for over twenty years, contained a sentence...manuals on natural history, botany, chemistry...his sixty-fourth year. In 1839 he determined...lost his life in a fall from a cliff ...

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400 meters falls into Davis' lap.(Sports)(The Oregon senior has excelled in an event that is not her preferred distance)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 4/16/2003; 700+ words ; ...the 400 that the 22-year-old from Medford, married for nearly three years to former Oregon State...dropped a second in my 400 time every year here," she said...the school's career 400 rankings are No. 6 Leann...best time in school history in the event at 54.11...
Pass the word: He's best Johnson shrugging off 400 relay resistance from his teammates
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/5/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...suffer. You would fall apart. Michael Johnson...world at 200 and 400 meters. "There...the American 4 x 400 relay team was raised...the US lost the 4 x 400 at the world championships last year. Johnson did not...the last 12-16 years, we haven't had...in the 44-year ...
The 400 at 40.(Restaurants & Institutions' 40th edition of ranking Top 400 restaurants)
Magazine article from: Restaurants & Institutions; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Top 400 read like a history book uncolored by...Companies rise and fall amid the pages...that comprise 40 years of foodservice success...magazine launches the 400 to rank leading foodservice...second edition of the 400 calls out the "Leaders...Taco Bell joins the 400 at No. ...
ON DECK FOR BONDS MAY BE .400 ON DECK FOR BONDS: .400?
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/8/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Ballgame? Ancient history. Rickey? Beep...Babe Ruth that same year with the .863 slugging...only stood for 80 years. He also eclipsed...of 170 that same year with 177 and then...bases on balls will fall to Bonds this summer...first person in 63 years to hit .400. Yes, he ...
NASCAR'S HOT SPOT BRICKYARD 400: INDY SPECTACLE.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/2/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...importance of the 4-year-old Brickyard 400 is starting to rival...If (the Brickyard 400) is not No. 1...2.'' In four years, the Brickyard 400 has helped elevated...enamored with the history of the 2.5-mile...When the green flag falls today, the Brickyard...
What Do You Think? Puffy's Race and $400 Million
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 1/17/2001; 700+ words ; ...mandated to take a fall for their employers...man who was worth $400 million being criminalized...that white men with $400 million dollars aren...that even with his $400 million net worth...now more than thirty years behind us, but many...actualizing) our history and culture (2...
400 Stories.(top 400 restaurants)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Restaurants & Institutions; 7/15/2001; 700+ words ; ...archives of foodservice history. Scanning the numbers...number is finite at 400, the game of musical...that an equal number fall off, their numbers...s other three Top 400 brands-Donates...for 365 of the Top 400 entries. * Only...1965--the first year it appeared--remain...5 in sales. ...
Paul O'Neill faces history's hurdle in bid to join .400 Club. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/29/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...madly. They realize history could be unfolding...baseball. The .400 Club. If O'Neill...first player to hit .400 in 53 years, he will be mentioned...names in the 125-year history of the sport...to bat at least .400 it would be: Paul...Neill's average to fall below .300. ...
Records Fall: Watts in 400, Marsh in 200
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/6/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...the second-fastest 400 meters in history. Along the way, he...24. It was the fourth 400 meters the 22-year-old Watts had to run...probably the greatest 400 meters ever run." When...record in Zurich four years ago, he didn't have...
No repeat sweep for Harding's Pollard: Junior defends 200, 400 titles but is second in 100.
Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN); 6/10/2007; 700+ words ; ...meter titles from last year's state meet. But...high school track history. No girl has won the 100, 200 and 400 meters in back-to...did win the 200 and 400 meters again, giving...36 seconds and the 400 in 56.99. Pollard...of Wisconsin in the fall, led the 400 from...