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Pearl Jam Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam Rock band For the Record…<... Read more
Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. Pacific naval base, Hickam Air Force Base, Pearl Harbor... Read more
Pearl River Pearl River
Pearl River, China, USA 1. China (Guangdong): also known as the Zhū River from zhū ‘pearl’.2. USA: besides cities in Louisiana and New York, the Pearl River flows through Louisiana and Mississippi. The Native American name was Tallahatchie which the French translated as... Read more
mother-of-pearl mother-of-pearl
mother-of-pearl or nacre , the iridescent substance that forms the lining of the shells of some fresh-water and some salt-water mollusks. Like the pearl it is a secretion of the mantle, composed of alternate layers of calcium carbonate and conchiolin. Among the chief sources are the pearl... Read more
Harold Raynsford Stark Harold Raynsford Stark
Harold Raynsford Stark 1880-1972, American admiral, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, he was commissioned (1905) an ensign in the navy. After service in World War I, he filled several important naval administrative posts. In 1939, Stark was made admiral and... Read more
Iva Toguri DAquino Iva Toguri DAquino
Iva Toguri D'Aquino 1916-2006, American citizen of Japanese descent, best-known of some dozen women who, during World War II, made English propaganda broadcasts to American troops on Radio Tokyo; b. Los Angeles as Iva Ikuko Togura. Seductive-voiced, playing popular American tunes, and attempting to... Read more
Biwa Biwa
Biwa , lake, c.40 mi (60 km) long and from 2 to 12 mi (3.2-19 km) wide, Shiga prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. The lake, shaped like the biwa, a musical instrument, is the largest in Japan and is a popular scenic resort. It abounds in fish, harbors a pearl culture industry, and is famous in Japanese... Read more
Isoroku Yamamoto Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto , 1884-1943, Japanese admiral in World War II. He headed the combined fleet in 1941 and was the mastermind behind Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. After he was killed in action in 1943, he became a national hero. Throughout his career he worked to build an integrated air-surface arm... Read more
Pearl (China) Pearl (China)
China For the fighting in China, see Chiang Kai-Shek, China–Burma–India theatre, and China incident.1. IntroductionThe China incident, or Sino-Japanese war, which began with a minor skirmish at the Marco Polo Bridge near Peking on 7 July 1937, was the true beginning of the Second... Read more
La Paz (Mexico) La Paz (Mexico)
La Paz lä päs , city (1990 pop. 137,641), capital and largest city of Baja California Sur state, W Mexico. A tourist spot and transportation hub for the southern Baja peninsula, La Paz was first settled in 1811. The city was known for its pearl fishing until the middle of the 20th cent.... Read more

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