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Maine
Maine largest of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by New Hampshire (W), the Canadian provinces of Quebec (NW) and New Brunswick (NE), the Atlantic Ocean (the Gulf of Maine; SE), and the Bay of Fundy (E).
Facts and Figures
Area, 33,215 sq mi (86,027 sq km). ...
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battle of Jutland
battle of Jutland only major engagement between the British and German fleets in World War I . They met c.60 mi (100 km) west of the coast of Jutland. On May 31, 1916, a British squadron under Admiral Beatty was scouting in advance of the British main fleet, in search of the German main fleet unde...
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Unabomber
Unabomber or Unabomer , name given by the FBI to the elusive perpetrator of a series of bombings (1975-95) in the United States that killed 3 and wounded 23. The targets were mainly academics in technological disciplines, airline executives, and executives in businesses thought to affect the env...
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Edmund Sixtus Muskie
Edmund Sixtus Muskie 1914-96, U.S. Senator (1959-80), b. Rumford, Maine. A lawyer, he sat (1947-51) in the Maine legislature after serving in the navy in World War II. He later became (1955) Maine's first Democratic governor in 20 years and (1958) its first popularly elected U.S. Senator. He was re...
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White Mountains
White Mountains part of the Appalachian system, N N.H. and SW Maine, rising to 6,288 ft (1,917 m) at Mt. Washington in the Presidential Range and to 5,249 ft (1,600 m) at Mt. Lafayette in the Franconia Mountains. Crawford Notch separates these two main groups. Formed in the latter part of the Paleo...
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Johannes Lingelbach
Johannes Lingelbach , 1622-74, Dutch genre and landscape painter, b. Frankfurt am Main. He first went to Amsterdam in 1637 and settled there about 16 years later after some years of study in Rome. Influenced by van Laer, he painted Italian landscapes, seaports, military subjects, and genre, with coo...
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William Bent
William Bent 1809-69, American frontiersman, b. St. Louis. One of the younger brothers of Charles Bent, he was for many years the manager of Bent's Fort , while Charles Bent lived mainly in Taos. William Bent was one of the most widely known and highly respected traders in the West. He scouted for...
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Euphronios
Euphronios , c.520-470 BC, Greek potter and painter. He spent his early career as a painter, working mainly in the red-figure style. In his later years, he was known primarily as a potter. The vessels attributed to him as a painter include a vase depicting the struggle of Heracles with Antaeus (c.51...
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agora
agora [Gr.,=market], in ancient Greece, the public square or marketplace of a city. In early Greek history the agora was primarily used as a place for public assembly; later it functioned mainly as a center of commerce. Usually in a readily accessible part of the city, it was often surrounded by th...
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Perugino
Perugino , c.1445-1523?, Umbrian painter, b. near Perugia. His real name was Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci. Perugino is, after Raphael, the greatest painter of the Umbrian school. His tenderness of color and simplicity of style evolved into a more contemplative expression in his later years. He stud...
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