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Eric the Red
Eric the Red fl. 10th cent., Norse chieftain, discoverer and colonizer of Greenland. He left (c.950) Norway with his exiled father and settled in Iceland. A feud resulting in manslaughter led to his banishment (c.981) from Iceland for three years. He sailed c.982 to seek land reputed to lie W of... Read more |
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Thorfinn Karlsefni
Thorfinn Karlsefni , fl. 1002-15, Icelandic leader of an attempt to colonize North America. He appeared in Greenland in 1002 and married Gudrid, widow of one of the sons of Eric the Red . He set out c.1010 with an expedition consisting of three ships and 160 men to settle in Vinland , which Leif... Read more |
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Disko
Disko , island, 3,312 sq mi (8,578 sq km), in the Davis Strait off W Greenland. It is mountainous (rising to 6,296 ft/1,919 m) and partly glaciated. Telluric iron and lignite have been found there. Qeqertarsuaq, the island's chief town, is on the southern shore. In Disko Bay to the south are some of... Read more |
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Leif Ericsson
Leif Ericsson , Old Norse Leifr Eiriksson, fl. AD 999-1000, Norse discoverer of America, b. probably in Iceland; son of Eric the Red . He spent his youth in Greenland and in 999 visited Norway, where he was converted to Christianity and commissioned by King Olaf I to carry the faith to Greenland.... Read more |
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Eric the Red
Eric the Red (active late 10th century) Norse chieftain, who settled on Greenland. Born in Norway, he was then banished from Iceland after... |
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Greenland
...is warmed by Atlantic currents. Most of Greenland's inhabitants are Inuit. Its European discovery is credited to Eric the Red, who settled in 982, founding a colony that lasted more than 500 years. Greenland became a Danish possession in 1380... |
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Symbolic Speech
...example, the Court struck down a statute that prohibited the display of a red flag as a symbol of opposition to the government. The court has always...amendment that would prohibit flag burning. See also Speech and the Press. Eric W. Rise |
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Williams, William Carlos
...impressionistic essays; In the American Grain (1925), more impressionistic essays, on discoverers of the New World from Eric the Red to Lincoln, bodying forth American values; and Selected Essays (1954). He wrote plays collected in Many Loves... |
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Leif Ericsson
Leif Ericsson (970–1020) Norse adventurer and explorer. Son of Eric the Red, he sailed from Greenland in 1003 to investigate land in the west. He visited Helluland (probably Baffin Island), Markland... |
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Forster, E. M.
...posthumously in 1971. He went to Alexandria in 1915 for the Red Cross; his Alexandria: A History and a Guide was published...Hill of Devi (1953), a portrait of India. He worked with Eric Crozier on the libretto for Britten's opera Billy Budd (1951... |
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In the American Grain
...published in 1925.In 20 impressionistic essays on significant persons of the western hemisphere, chronologically from Eric the Red to Lincoln, and including Cotton Mather, Franklin, and Poe among writers, Williams treats the ways in which these... |
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Eric the Red
Eric the Red (c.940–c.1010) Norse explorer. Exiled from Iceland for manslaughter in 982, he sailed in search of land to the west, exploring Greenland and establishing a Norse settlement there in 986. |
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Eric
Eric •Amharic, barbaric, Garrick, Pindaric...climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic...numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric •red-brick • Cedric •calendric, Kendrick... |
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red-brick
red-brick •Amharic, barbaric, Garrick, Pindaric, samsaric...climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric...numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric •red-brick • Cedric •calendric, Kendrick... |
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Aelfric
...chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick...hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric •red-brick • Cedric •calendric, Kendrick •anthropometric... |
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Amharic
...chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick...hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric •red-brick • Cedric •calendric, Kendrick •anthropometric... |
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centric
...chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick...hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric •red-brick • Cedric •calendric, Kendrick •anthropometric... |
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chivalric
...chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick...hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric •red-brick • Cedric •calendric, Kendrick •anthropometric... |
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con trick
...chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick...hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric •red-brick • Cedric •calendric, Kendrick •anthropometric... |
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diametric
...chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick...hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric •red-brick • Cedric •calendric, Kendrick •anthropometric... |
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electric
...chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick...hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric •red-brick • Cedric •calendric, Kendrick •anthropometric... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Football: ERIC: REDS ARE BIGGEST & BEST.(Sport)
Byline: STEVE GOODMAN OLD Trafford legend Eric Cantona has told Rio Ferdinand: There is no better place to play your football than Manchester United. The former Leeds United... |
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ERIC RED: USO GUIDE LEGENDARY AMONG U.S. COMMUNITY TOURGOERS.
...unfamiliar ground. Erich Posdzich - Eric the Red to those who have ever scanned the...German grub. Legend behind the name Eric the Red is not an allusion to Posdzich...remember that name. Let me call that man Eric the Red." ... |
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ERIC RED: USO GUIDE LEGENDARY AMONG U.S. COMMUNITY TOURGOERS
...unfamiliar ground. Erich Posdzich - Eric the Red to those who have ever scanned the...German grub. Legend behind the name Eric the Red is not an allusion to Posdzich...remember that name. Let me call that man Eric the Red." ... |
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Helmer runs with 'Feet'.(Eric Red to write and direct "100 Feet" for Grand...
Eric Red, the writer behind cult-horror classic...David Steiner of Steiner Studios. A remake of Red's "The Hitcher" earned $16 million at...label Rogue earlier this year. In 2000, Red found himself in the headlines after a vehicle... |
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CUPS AND SORCERER; 200,000 salute Eric and the Reds.(Sport)
Eric Cantona and Manchester United...Cantona French flags as there were red, black and white United banners...and Denis Law were greats. But Eric is THE King." The new statue...Busby was draped touchingly in red and white scarves and United... |
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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ERIC DAVIS STILL REDS' STEPCHILD.(SPORTS)
...wanders in quietly. They threw a Reds party for Chris Sabo, complete...people expect of me over there,'' Eric Davis says. Once, Eric Davis was the best baseball player...track, he was everything. Once, Eric Davis was the Cincinnati scapegoat... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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ERIC THE RED RETURNS TO RESUME HIS CAREER WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
...the Army Corps of Engineers in Bosnia proud. Eric Davis is back with the Reds. Sure, the Reds' signing of Davis to a minor league contract...our kind of player." But when Davis and the Reds parted after a 12-year association with his... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Football: Eric the Red part two The film star is a footballer for one night....
...French cinema. He is called Eric Cantona. In a previous starring...captain his old team against an Eric Cantona XI in a benefit match...otherwise, it is much the same Eric. What has he been doing since he last played in a red shirt in a friendly match at... |
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Eric the Red now Davis the Dodger
LOS ANGELES The Cincinnati Reds traded outfielder Eric Davis to the Los Angeles Dodgers...right-hander Tim Belcher to the Reds. The trade reunites Davis with boyhood...A. outfield and solidifies the Reds' starting rotation. Cincinnati... |
 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Football's saviour? Eric the Red... STYLE COUNSEL.
...whole, there was Eric. King Eric. Not only did Cantona play a...for the Premiership itself. Eric got me to games again, got me...realised all I cared about was Eric. How could you not love a man...man I know - unless they're a Red - has any ... |
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