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John Hay 1st marquis of Tweeddale
Tweeddale, John Hay, 1st marquis of [S] (1625–97). Tweeddale's father Lord Hay was advanced to the earldom of Tweeddale by Charles I in December 1646, presumably as part of the negotiation for the Engagement. The son had been sympathetic to the covenant and fought against the king at... Read more |
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Hayes
Hayes river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in a lake NE of Lake Winnipeg, central Manitoba, Canada, and flowing NE to Hudson Bay. It was the chief route used by Hudson's Bay Company traders from Hudson Bay to Lake Winnipeg and the interior; York Factory, an important establishment of the company,... Read more |
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1931), a play by Philip Barry. [Henry Miller Theatre, 206 perf.] Gail ( Harvey Stephens) and Eve Redman ( Zita Johann) are a childless couple who live in a small American town where Gail's father had founded a college. When the noted Dr. Hay ( Herbert Marshall) comes to... Read more |
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Roland Hayes
Roland Hayes 1887-1976, American tenor, b. Curryville, Ga. The son of a former slave, Hayes studied at Fisk Univ. and with private teachers in Boston and in Europe. As one of the foremost interpreters of modern French songs, German lieder, and spirituals, Hayes was the first African-American singer... Read more |
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Great Slave Lake
Great Slave Lake second largest lake of Canada, c.10,980 sq mi (28,400 sq km), Northwest Territories, named for the Slave (Dogrib), a tribe of Native Americans. It is c.300 mi (480 km) long and from 12 to 68 mi (19-109 km) wide and is the deepest lake (2,015 ft/614 m) of North America. The Hay and... Read more |
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hay
hay 1. An enclosure or hedge.2. Part of a forest which has been fenced off for hunting.3. Grass that has been conserved by drying to be used later as feed or bedding for livestock.... Read more |
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Convention for the Construction of a Ship Canal 1903 United States-Panama
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ephedrine
ephedrine , drug derived from plants of the genus Ephedra (see Pinophyta ), most commonly used to prevent mild or moderate attacks of bronchial asthma. Unlike epinephrine , to which it is chemically similar, ephedrine is slow to take effect and of mild potency and long duration. A bronchodilator... Read more |
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Strathmore
Strathmore , valley, c.55 mi (90 km) long and 5 to 10 mi (8-16 km) wide, Angus and Perth and Kinross, E central Scotland, running from northeast to southwest between the Grampians and the Sidlaw Hills. It has some of Scotland's best farmland, producing oats, barley, and hay. The name is sometimes... Read more |
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Klitschko predicts long, slow defeat for Haye
...heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko fought off a barrage of David Haye's insults and interruptions...the dismembered heads of both Klitschko and his brother, WBC champion Vitaly Klitschko. "David Haye provoked me by cutting my head... |
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TIME TO DELIVER A HAYEMAKER; Lennox predicts a knock-out blow is required to...
...fight.' WHAT HAYE MUST DO 'There...get inside that long jab and, when...practice.' WHAT KLITSCHKO MUST DO 'Wladimir...If he starts slow there's a greater...catching him.' HAVE HAYE'S STUNTS AND INSULTS RATTLED KLITSCHKO? ... |