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Gibbs
Gibbs, (Oliver) Wolcott (b. New York, N.Y., 21 February 1822; d. Newport, Rhode Island, 9 December 1908) chemistry Gibbs Read more |
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Komandorski Islands
Komandorski Islands or Commander Islands, Rus. Komandorskiye Ostrova, group of treeless islands, off E Kamchatka Peninsula, E Russian Far East, in SW Bering Sea. They consist of Bering Island, Medny Island, and two islets. These hilly, foggy islands often have earthquakes. Their inhabitants,... Read more |
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William Coddington
William Coddington 1601-78, one of the founders of Rhode Island, probably b. Boston, England. He came to America in 1630 as an officer of the Massachusetts Bay Company and was its treasurer from 1634 to 1636. He supported Anne Hutchinson in the antinomian controversy. With her, John Clarke , and... Read more |
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Rhode Island (state)
Rhode Island smallest state in the United States, located in New England; bounded by Massachusetts (N and E), the Atlantic Ocean (S), and Connecticut (W). Its official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Facts and Figures Area, 1,214 sq mi (3,144 sq km). Pop. (2000)... Read more |
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John Clarke
John Clarke 1609-76, one of the founders of Rhode Island, b. Westhorpe, Suffolk, England. He emigrated to Boston in 1637 and shortly thereafter joined Anne Hutchinson (with whom he had sided in the antinomian controversy) and William Coddington in founding (1638) Portsmouth on Aquidneck (Rhode... Read more |
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Newport Jazz Festival
NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL Respectability Jazz was traditionally a music too closely associated with sin and race to attract an establishment following. Born in southern whorehouses and bar-rooms and developed by black musicians with a reputation for intemperance and... Read more |
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Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight , island county (1991 pop. 126,600), 147 sq mi (381 sq km), S England, across the Solent and Spithead channels from Hampshire. The administrative center is Newport . The island is 23 mi (37 km) long from the eastern Foreland to the Needles (detached chalk formations at the western... Read more |
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Claus Von Bulow
Claus Von Bulow Trials: 1982 & 1985 Defendant: Claus Von BulowCrime Charged: Attempted murderChief Defense Lawyers: First trial: John Sheenan and Herold Price Fahringer; second trial: Thomas P. Puccio and John SheehanChief Prosecutors: First trial: Stephen Famiglietti and Susan McGuirl;... Read more |
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Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins 1707-85, colonial governor of Rhode Island and political leader in the American Revolution, b. Providence, R.I. A member of the colonial assembly for many years, he also served as assistant justice (1747-49) and chief justice (1751-55) of the superior court. Between 1755 and 1768 he... Read more |
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Robert Feke
Robert Feke , c.1705-c.1750, early American portrait painter, b. Oyster Bay, N.Y. He practiced in Newport, R.I., New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston. He probably studied in Europe for a time, but soon developed a very personal painting style. His best-known portrait of Isaac Royall and his... Read more |
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Verrazzano, Giovanni da
...access to the wealth of the Far East. The king lent him a ship...the narrows between Staten Island and the Long Island shore, the first European...Bay, the site of the present Newport on Rhode Island, ... |
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Newport, Rhode Island
...Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the...home of the Newport International...or go a bit farther to the protected Newport Harbor Hotel...special events. Newport has been a cruising...there, The ... |
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LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires Historic Hotel Viking In Newport Rhode Island.
...Hotel Viking in Newport, Rhode Island, for $28 million...guest rooms to the East Wing, increasing...Bellevue Avenue in Newport, a resort area...and "The Top of Newport," a rooftop bar...expansion plans will ... |
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Team Alinghi to Host U.S. Regatta In June 2004: 'UBS Trophy at Newport, Rhode...
...Newport, Rhode Island from June...waters off Newport, Rhode Island, the...Governor, "Rhode Island is...honor for Rhode Island to...base at the ... |
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TRAVEL: Well, did you ever? What a swell place for a jazz festival Newport's...
...Newport, Rhode Island. High Society...is set in Newport during the...reminder of Rhode Island's...past and in Newport I saw signposts...Tiverton. Rhode Island, ... |
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NEWPORT NATIVE CHAMPIONS AD
Newport, Rhode Island Rhode Island's Aquidneck...common among populous East Coast isles - no...proposal by a lifelong Newport resident to build...wants his company Rhode Power to build ... |
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Kiwi flyer tipped to set Newport alight.
...that tradition and further enhance the local...its new home of Newport, Rhode Island, is being described...Valencia for an ``East Coast yachtsman...was shipped to Newport.) A full schedule...compete in the ... |
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Rhode Island ports of call There's Newport and much more
...really get very far away. Or...of Cuttyhunk Island off to port...Ocean State, Rhode Island, whose...down here -- Newport -- take at...indeed, NEWPORT, one of two...and large, Newport needs ... |
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SEN. REED SECURES $93.5 MILLION FOR RHODE ISLAND IN SENATE 2007 DEFENSE...
...funding for Rhode Island that Sen...contribution Rhode Island companies...investment in Rhode Island's...ensure that Rhode Island facilities...Kingstown for further ... |
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Rhode Island Inventors Develop Miniature Greenhouse Animalian Pot Cover
...2 -- Andrew M. Tolley of East Providence, Rhode Island, and George H. Reekie of Newport, Rhode Island , have developed an animalian...enable the sprouts to grow further. The front section can remain... |
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REP. KENNEDY, UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND EXPERT RELEASE NEW RESEARCH ON TICK...
...ticks is down so far this year in most of Rhode Island, but numbers...jump in parts of Newport County, according...University of Rhode Island, to discuss...some areas of Newport County, ranging...done to ... |
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