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University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico main campus at Albuquerque; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1889, opened 1892. It maintains graduate centers at Los Alamos and Santa Fe and conducts joint research with Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories and the Holloman Air Force Base missile development... Read more |
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New Mexico
New Mexico state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). Facts and Figures Area, 121,666 sq mi (315,115 sq... Read more |
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Canadian
Canadian , river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. In the mid-1800s, the Canadian River valley was followed by pioneers going West along the Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail. Eufaula Reservoir stores... Read more |
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George Wilkins Kendall
George Wilkins Kendall 1809-67, American journalist, b. near Amherst, N.H. After a succession of journalistic jobs, he was a partner in founding (1837) the New Orleans Picayune. In 1841 he joined the disastrous Texan expedition to Santa Fe, sponsored by the president of Texas, Mirabeau Lamar, in... Read more |
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Josiah Gregg
Josiah Gregg 1806-50, American trader and historian of the Santa Fe Trail , b. Overton co., Tenn. He moved with his family to Illinois (1809) and then to Missouri (1812). He gained wide knowledge from his diverse readings. He journeyed to Santa Fe for the first time in 1831 and later, having... Read more |
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Silvestre Velez de Escalante
Silvestre Vélez de Escalante , fl. 1769-79, Spanish explorer in the American Southwest and Far West, a Franciscan missionary. He was in charge of Pueblo missions in present New Mexico and led the expedition that hoped to establish overland communications with Monterey in Alta California. A... Read more |
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Jean Baptiste Lamy
Jean Baptiste Lamy , 1814-88, Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. Southwest, b. France. He was ordained in 1838 and, after doing missionary work in S Ohio, was sent to New Mexico in 1850 as vicar apostolic. In 1852 he was responsible for the establishment of the first school for teaching English... Read more |
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Georgia OKeeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe Born: November 15, 1887Sun Prairie, WisconsinDied: March 6, 1986Santa Fe, New Mexico American painter The American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) developed a distinctive art form that includes startling details of plant forms, bleached bones, and landscapes of the New... Read more |
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complexity
complexity in science, field of study devoted to the process of self-organization. The basic concept of complexity is that all things tend to organize themselves into patterns, e.g., ant colonies, immune systems, and human cultures; further, they go through cycles of growth, mass extinction,... Read more |
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David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros , 1896-1974, Mexican painter, b. Chihuahua. Siqueiros was among Mexico's most original and eminent painters. His career as an artist was always related to his vigorous socialist revolutionary activities. He enlisted in the Batallón Mamá ( "Baby's Brigade" ) in... Read more |
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QUILTING ADDS PATTERN TO STORY OF WOMAN'S LIFE.(Sunday)
...University of New Mexico Press 256...Paul's new mainstream novel addresses...with the new story that...Characters, scenes and dialogue...descriptions of the art add a nice...Novels of "going ... |
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THE BIG PICTURE TAKES ON FILM.(Pasatiempo)
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