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Mount Everest
Mount Everest peak, 29,035 ft (8,850 m) high, on the border of Tibet and Nepal, in the central Himalayas. It is the highest elevation in the world. Called Chomolungma or Qomolangma [Mother Goddess of the Land] by Tibetans and Sagarmatha [head of the sea] by Nepalis, it is named in English for the... Read more |
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Mount Ararat
ARARAT, MOUNT mountain in eastern turkey that figures prominently in the bible. Mount Ararat (in Turkish A Read more |
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Sermon on the Mount
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Mount Sinai
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altazimuth mounting
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equatorial mounting
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Mount Athos
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Mount Logan
Mount Logan [for Sir William Logan ], 19,551 ft (5,959 m) high, in Kluane National Park, extreme SW Yukon Territory, Canada, just E of Alaska; highest mountain in Canada and second highest in North America. It caps an immense tableland and is the center of the greatest glacial expanse in North... Read more |
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Kings Mountain, Battle of
Kings Mountain, Battle of (1780).The...Ferguson's loyalist force at Kings Mountain in northwest South Carolina by...man army to ground at Kings Mountain, the frontier militia...militiamen waited atop the wooded ... |
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Cowpens, Battle of
...ability to exploit the resources at hand. The Battle of King's Mountain on 7 October 1780 demonstrated that British and loyalist...envelopment; Tarleton fled to avoid capture. Together, King's Mountain and Cowpens stripped the British army in the South... |
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American Revolution
...In 1778 the British forces concentrated on the South, taking Savannah in December 1778. Following the defeat at King's Mountain in 1780, the British, under General Charles Cornwallis, were forced to withdraw n to Yorktown, Virginia. In... |
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Earth Sciences
...imagination. Clarence King studied the mountain country of California...in 1879, with first King and then Powell as its head...Studies of the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains led to new theories of mountain ... |
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Garrett, George (Palmer, Jr.)
...1978), and Love's Shining Child (1981). He is also known for his fiction, his stories being collected in King of the Mountain (1958), In the Briar Patch (1961), Cold Ground Was My Bed Last Night (1964), A Wreath for Garibaldi (1969... |
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Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
...explorations and experiences in the California mountains, by Clarence King, published in 1872 and revised from the author's notes in 1902. King had been employed in the U.S. Geological...is based on its vivid narratives of mountain‐climbing adventures in ... |
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International Centre of Theatre Research
...myth of Prometheus in a new language called Orghast invented by the poet Ted Hughes. It was staged on a mountain top in front of the tomb of King Artaxerxes, overlooking the ruins of Persepolis. In 1972 Brook took his company to Africa, where they... |
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Nechtansmere, battle of
...established overlordship of the Picts to the north. King Ecgfrith fiercely attacked the Picts against...bishop of Lindisfarne, who had foreseen the king's early death. Lured into a narrow mountain pass, Ecgfrith and his army were slain. The... |
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Raimund, Ferdinand
...means. But perhaps Raimund's best play is Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind (The King of the Alps and the Misanthrope, 1828), in which a kindly mountain spirit cures a misanthropist by assuming his shape and character, while the misanthrope... |
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MacKaye, Percy (Wallace)
...several visits to the Kentucky mountains, which resulted in This Fine...Tall Tales of the Kentucky Mountains (1926); Kentucky Mountain Fantasies (1928), folk...narrative poem based on a mountain legend; and other writings. The Mystery of Hamlet, ... |
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Kings Mountain, Battle of
Kings Mountain, Battle of (October 7, 1780) site in northwestern South Carolina where a coalition of frontiersmen directed by William Campbell... |
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Rhodope Mountains
Rhodope Mountains (Bulgarian: Rodop; Greek: Orosirá Rodhópis...Greece Mainly in Bulgaria, the mountain system is said, in Greek mythology...named after Rhodope, wife of Haemus, King of Thrace. She was changed into this mountain form because she believed herself ... |
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King Leopold Ranges
King Leopold Ranges, Western Australia/Australia Discovered in 1879 by Alexander Forrest who named the mountain chain after Leopold II (1835–1909), King of the Belgians (1865–1909). |
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Nanga Parbat
...Kashmir One of the highest mountain peaks in the Himalayas with...Kashmiri name meaning ‘Bare Mountain’ from the Hindi nanga ‘bare...naked’ and parvata ‘mountain’. The local name is Diamir ‘King of Mountains’. |
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Kaliningrad
...by Přemysl Otaker II (1230–78), King of Bohemia (1253–78), using the Czech word for ‘king’ král. After he had led a crusade against...the name was changed to Königsberg ‘King's Mountain’. However, the terrain is quite flat... |
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Königsberg
Königsberg, Germany, Russia 1. Germany (Bavaria): ‘King's Mountain’ from König ‘king’ and Berg.2. Russia. See Kaliningrad. |
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Campbell, William
...Ferguson's Loyalist raid into North Carolina. Campbell was chosen to lead the patriot march which caught Ferguson at Kings Mountain. Campbell played a key role in the decisive American victory that destroyed Ferguson's force and finished Gen... |
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Ferguson, Patrick
...Brandywine (1777) before being charged with the recruitment and training of Southern loyalists. He was killed at Kings Mountain (1780), which marked a turning point in the war, ending Britain's hope of using loyalists to suppress rebellion... |
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Smith, Daniel
...Virginia. During the Revolution, he formed a militia company and fought in many key battles in the South, including Kings Mountain (1780) and Guilford Court House (1781). After the war he and his family moved to Tennessee, where he became a... |
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Williams, Otho Holland
...exchanged in early 1778 and saw action at Monmouth. Sent to the southern theater, Williams fought at Camden and Kings Mountain (both 1780) before Nathanael Greene appointed him adjutant general of the southern army. Williams commanded a light... |
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dog
...DogsAkitaAlaskan malamuteAnatolian shepherdBernese mountain dogBlack Russian terrierboxerbullmastiffDoberman...Great DaneGreat Pyreneesgreater Swiss mountain dogKomondorkuvaszmastiffNeapolitan mastiffNewfoundlandPortuguese...DogsaffenpinscherBrussels griffonCavalier King ... |
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revere
...adore our mothers, and revere a person like Martin Luther King, Jr. Each of these verbs conveys the idea of regarding someone...delight and enthusiastic appreciation (admire the courage of the mountain climber), while adore implies the tenderness and warmth of... |
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King Mountain
...An ongoing dispute between the King Mountain Tobacco Co. and state and federal...passed a resolution supporting King Mountain and saying, "No state government...revenue-generating laws ... on King Mountain for it engaging in ... |
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MOUNTAIN OF MEMORIES HUNDREDS ASCEND STORM KING IN HONOR OF FALLEN...
...Joe Garner, Rocky Mountain News GLENWOOD SPRINGS...Mackey hiked down Storm King Mountain Tuesday, after...died battling the Storm King fire. Tyler explains...LINDA MCCONNELL / ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS CAPTION: Friends...a plane circle Storm ... |
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King Mountain lawsuit [Derived headline]
...REPUBLIC The city of New York is suing King Mountain Tobacco of White Swan, alleging...cigarette giant Philip Morris sued King Mountain, alleging its labels looked too...The lawsuit was resolved after King Mountain added ... |
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KING MOUNTAIN AREA BECOMES CITY'S 24TH NEIGHBORHOOD
...residents, will be known as the King Mountain Neighborhood. The acquisition substantially...The first neighborhood meeting for King Mountain is scheduled for 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 21 at the King Mountain Church. The ... |
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Philip Morris injunction aims to stop King Mountain sales
...sales, filed the injunction against King Mountain Tobacco owners Delbert Wheeler Sr...Court in Spokane Aug. 7, claiming King Mountain uses Marlboro's trademark...Marlboro didn't know he was given King Mountain cigarettes ... |
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KING MOUNTAIN; Larkspur loop with a side trip to Dawn Falls
...season attraction is to extend the King Mountain Loop Trail by taking the Ladybug...soon leads to a junction with the King Mountain Loop Trail. (The sign...Ladybug Trail to reconnect with the King Mountain Loop Trail. At the ... |
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Storm King Mountain, July 6, 1994 - Vigilance rises from Ashes; Fourteen...
...turned to run, the fire on Storm King Mountain had swept below them and was roaring...14 of his colleagues died at Storm King. Poor tactics, miscommunication...ignored or not recognized on Storm King, investigators found. Eight of... |
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Soler power earns King of Mountains jersey.(Sports)
...when he took over the lead of the King of the Mountains competition in the 16th stage...lifted him into second place in the King of the Mountains race, behind Rasmussen...hounding Rasmussen, in the search of King of the ... |
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Storm King Mountain Technologies and VivoMetrics Government Services Awarded...
...VivoMetrics Government Services and Storm King Mountain Technologies today announced the...VivoMetrics Government Services and Storm King Mountain Technologies' work will...said Jim Roth, President of Storm King Mountain ... |
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`King of mountains' set to rule
...Straits Times 02-13-2001 `King of mountains' set to ruleByline: Zakri...Langkawi 2001.; Cycling. THE mountain climbers will take over from...be a sizzling battle in the King of the Mountain (KOM) competition with defending... |
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