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ca. 1-300 Kushan dynasty
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Narcissus (mythology)
Narcissus närsĬs´es , in Greek mythology, beautiful youth who refused all offers of love, including that of Echo . As punishment for his indifference he was made to fall in love with his own image in a mountain pool. Unable to possess the image, he pined away and was turned into a... Read more |
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Madoc
Madoc or Madog (Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd) , fl. 1170?, quasi-historical Welsh prince. According to Welsh legend, Madoc, said to be a son of Owain Gwynedd, discovered America 300 years before Columbus. Witnesses' accounts of finding supposedly Welsh-speaking Native Americans have served to keep... Read more |
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A.P. Giannini
GIANNINI, AMADEO PETER Widely recognized as the father of modern banking, A.P. Giannini (1870–1949) built the world's largest privately held bank, the Bank of America, by lending to ordinary citizens solely on "a man's face and signature." He pioneered mortgages for working class homeowners... Read more |
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LTV Corp
LTV Corporation 2001 Ross AvenueP.O. Box 225003Dallas, Texas 75265U.S.A.(214) 979-7711 Public CompanyIncorporated: May 11, 1956 as Ling Electronics, Inc.Employees: 37,300Sales: $8.199 billionMarket Value: $847 millionStock Index: New York The man who built LTV from a small electronics firm... Read more |
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Pappus
Pappus , fl. c.300, Greek mathematician of Alexandria. He recorded and enlarged on the results of his predecessors, including Euclid and Apollonius of Perga, in his Mathematical Collection (8 books; date conjectural). The six and a half extant books, edited and translated into Latin by Commandinus... Read more |
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Somme
Somme , department (1990 pop. 548,300), N France, in Picardy, on the English Channel. Amiens is the capital.... Read more |
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Sir Malcolm Campbell
Sir Malcolm Campbell 1885-1949, English automobile and speedboat racer. A racing enthusiast from boyhood, Campbell set many speed records for motorcycles, airplanes, automobiles, and motorboats and in 1931 was knighted for his accomplishments. Driving his famed automobile Bluebird at Bonneville... Read more |
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Maritsa
Maritsa , river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in the Rila Mts., W Bulgaria, and flowing SE between the Balkans and Rhodope Mts., past Plovdiv, to Edirne, Turkey, where it turns south to enter the Aegean Sea near Enez. The Tundzha is its chief tributary. The Maritsa's lower course forms part of the... Read more |
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pre-Columbian art and architecture
pre-Columbian art and architecture works of art and structures created in Central and South America before the arrival of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. For many years the regions that are now Mexico and Guatemala and the Andean region of South America had been the cradle of indigenous... Read more |
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