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Para
Pará river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, N Brazil. It is actually the southeastern arm or estuary of the Amazon, divided from the rest of the river by Marajó island. It receives the waters of the Tocantins River. The port of Belém is on the right bank.... Read more |
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Platte
Platte river, c.310 mi (500 km) long, formed by the confluence of the North Platte (680 mi/1,090 km long) and South Platte (430 m/690 km) rivers at North Platte, Neb. It flows generally E across S Nebraska to join the Missouri River at Plattsmouth, Neb. The river is too flood-prone in spring and... Read more |
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Andrew Murray
Murray, Andrew (d. 1297). An undeservedly unsung hero of the Scottish Wars of Independence, he came to the fore in 1297, when most prominent Scots had submitted to Edward I. He master-minded widespread risings in northern Scotland, advanced south with his supporters, and joined forces with ... Read more |
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Shiloh
Shiloh , town, central ancient Palestine, the modern Khirbet Seilun, the West Bank, NNE of Jerusalem. In biblical times it lay in the territory of Ephraim . The Hebrews were, apparently, the first to build extensively on the site. Shiloh was home to the priests Eli and Ahijah, boyhood home of ... Read more |
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South Shields
South Shields city (1991 pop. 86,488), South Tyneside, NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River. It is a significant port. Shipbuilding and marine engineering are the main industries; chemicals and paints are manufactured. Within the vicinity are large parks, and the ruins of a Roman fort rest on... Read more |
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Vanua Levu
Vanua Levu or Sandalwood Island, volcanic island, 2,137 sq mi (5,535 sq km), S Pacific, second largest of the Fiji Islands. Nasoro Levu, or Mt. Thurston (3,139 ft/960 m), is the highest peak. The Dreketi is the principal river. The large east peninsula is connected with the rest of the island... Read more |
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West Bank
West Bank territory, formerly part of Palestine , after 1949 administered by Jordan, since 1967 largely occupied by Israel (2005 est. pop. 2,386,000), 2,165 sq mi (5,607 sq km), west of the Jordan River, incorporating the northwest quadrant of the Dead Sea. Since mid-1994 limited Palestinian... Read more |
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Sir John Denham
Sir John Denham , 1615-69, English poet and dramatist. His fame rests largely on two works: Cooper's Hill (1642), a topographical poem, combining descriptions of scenery with moral reflections, and The Sophy, a historical tragedy of the Turkish court, acted in 1641. He served the royalists... Read more |
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Sindhi
Sindhi ETHNONYM: Sindi Sind is a province in southeast Pakistan. It is bordered by the provinces of Baluchistan on the west and north, Punjab on the northeast, the Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat to the east, and the Arabian Sea to the south. Its name was derived from the Arabic word... Read more |
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THE DORDOGNE ON THE LAZY RIVER ; Leave the car at home. The best way to tour...
...feet in the cool river as we float along...canoeing down the Dordogne and it is utterly...we stopped on the bank, insisting Daniel...first off-water "rest day". It didn...along an underground river before walking deeper...s pool. On the ... |
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The Dordogne: On the lazy river
...feet in the cool river as we float along...canoeing down the Dordogne and it is utterly...we stopped on the bank, insisting Daniel...first off-water "rest day". It didn...along an underground river before walking deeper...s pool. On the ... |
 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Messing about on the Dordogne.(Features)
THE river Dordogne winds like a fat...up on the easy banks and feasted on...chilled in the river. But it was in...signalled on the river by a little sign...the canoe up the bank, get out and...firm also factors ... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Travel: Purple paradise; Iain Mayhew unlocks the secrets of the...
...The mighty Dordogne River and her sister...carry wine down the Dordogne to the port at Bordeaux...tourists arrive in the Dordogne during peak season...some time in the Dordogne. (Unless you...Bergerac, on the banks of the ... |
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Chateaus by canoe. (canoe traveling through France's Dordogne Valley)
...intervals along both rivers' banks; between are broad...four days on the Dordogne in late May and...most people in the Dordogne were helpful and...liveries along either river (in July and August...de Tourisme de la Dordogne ... |
 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Unlock Dor to French bliss; FOIE GRAS, FAMILY FUN AND THE PRETTIEST VILLAGE...
...picturesque Dordogne river with ANDY MALLABONE...down the stunning Dordogne river with the August...wandered ashore on the banks of La Roque Gageac...But this was the Dordogne...foie gras country...already declined the ... |
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Jean-Pierre Moueix, 89, wine merchantOBITUARIES
...it tirelessly for the rest of his career. It is...the so-called Left Bank appellations like Margaux...little-known Right Bank of the Gironde River, becoming wealthy in...Clos Videlot, on the Dordogne River, he assembled a ... |
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You can take the slow lane all the way down this river
...only place to take a river cruise. Sarah Donnelly...noiselessly down the Lot River in a solar-powered...the chef, casually rests on the handrail...criss-cross the river; children look for...fences, down brambly banks, over a bridge ... |
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The bridge to PFI riches BACKGROUND: Scottish banks' PPP experience has put...
...the valley of the river Risle on Thursday...one involving the Bank of Scotland proved...involving a non- French bank, is a concrete example...Scotland's two premier banks - HBOS and the Royal Bank of Scotland - are...head down to the ... |
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Brive Encounter; holiday hotspots.(Features)
...in the heart of the Dordogne, dreaming of a smooth...which to explore the rest of the Dordogne. You can't fail to...villages set on the banks of the river, where families can...a boat trip down the river from La Roque and ... |
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