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Yasnaya Polyana
Yasnaya Polyana , village, central European Russia, just S of Tula. It was the birthplace and residence of Leo Tolstoy, who is buried at his estate there. The writer's home was looted during German occupation of the village in 1941, but it has since been restored and is a museum and literary shrine....
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Northbrook
Northbrook village (1990 pop. 32,308), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; settled 1836. It was incorporated as Shermerville in 1901 and was reincorporated as Northbrook in 1923. Largely residential, it has some industry and research laboratories and is an insurance center. Once a farming commu...
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Piqua
Piqua , city (1990 pop. 20,612), Miami co., W Ohio, on the Miami River; settled 1797, chartered 1929. It is an industrial city with diverse manufactures, including airplane and automobile parts, steel and iron, paper, aluminum, wood, and metal products. Of special interest is a historical area just ...
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land mine
land mine an explosive mine laid on or just under the surface of the ground....
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Nob
Nob in the Bible, religious center just N of Jerusalem. Saul had its inhabitants massacred.
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Trogyllium
Trogyllium , promontory, W Asia Minor, jutting out into the Aegean Sea just S of Samos. The Acts of the Apostles reports that St. Paul stopped there.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848, peace treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War . Negotiations were carried on for the United States by Nicholas P. Trist . The treaty was signed on Feb. 2, 1848, in the village of Guadalupe Hidalgo, just outside Mexico City. It confi...
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Bethabara
Bethabara , place, on the Jordan, traditionally located at a ford just above the Dead Sea, where in the New Testament John was baptizing when Jesus came to him. RSV: Bethany, following some ancient texts.
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sternum
sternum (breastbone) Flat, narrow bone extending from the base of the front of the neck to just below the diaphragm in the centre of the chest. The top attaches by ligaments to the collarbones and the centre part joins to the ribs by seven pairs of costal cartilages....
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Cyrus the Younger
Cyrus the Younger d. 401 BC, Persian prince, younger son of Darius II and Parysatis. He was his mother's favorite, and she managed to get several satrapies in Asia Minor for him when he was very young. His friendship toward Lysander helped Sparta achieve victory in the Peloponnesian War . Cyru...
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