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Battle of the Pyrenees
Pyrenees, battle of the, 1813. Following Wellington's offensive in the spring of 1813, Marshal Soult's army of 88,000 men attempted to lift the siege of the French-held towns of San Sebastián and Pamplona in northern Spain. The series of actions that resulted are known as the battle of the... Read more |
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Cerinthus
Cerinthus , fl. c.AD 100?, Jewish-Christian religious leader, b. Ephesus. He held tenets influenced by Gnosticism and similar to those of the Ebionites. He taught that the Christ descended into Jesus at his baptism and left him again before the Passion.... Read more |
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Charles Watson-Wentworth 2d marquess of Rockingham
Charles Watson-Wentworth Rockingham, 2d marquess of , 1730-82, British statesman. In the early years of the reign of George III he became a leading opponent of the "king's friends," held several offices, and formed a coalition government in 1765. During his ministry the Stamp Act was repealed... Read more |
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Presidency
PRESIDENCY The presidency is the most powerful formal political institution in post-communist Russia. Except for the ceremonial title given to the head of the USSR Supreme Soviet, the Soviet Union did not have a presidency until its waning years, although the adoption of one was discussed under... Read more |
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Luis Echeverria alvarez
Luis Echeverría Álvarez , 1922-, president of Mexico (1970-76). A lawyer, he was formerly a law professor. As a member of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary party , he held numerous party and government posts beginning in the 1940s. As secretary of the interior (1964-69), he... Read more |
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Jaffa
Jaffa , Heb. Yafo, part of Tel Aviv , W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Originally a Phoenician city, Jaffa has been historically important largely because of its port (which was closed in 1965, when the port of Ashdod was completed). It was captured by Egypt in 1472 BC and made a... Read more |
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Birches
Birches, blank‐verse lyric by Robert Frost, published in Mountain Interval (1916). The poet describes his boyhood pleasure in climbing birch trees, swinging from the tops until the supple trunks bent in a curve to the ground. He dreams of being again “a swinger of birches,” and... Read more |
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Kutna Hora
Kutná Hora , Ger. Kuttenberg, city (1991 pop. 24,561), central Czech Republic, in Bohemia. Now an agricultural center, it was an important silver-mining center in the Middle Ages. A national monument, it is a tourist draw and a market for the surrounding farm products. Its famous mint... Read more |
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Korce
Korçë Korça , or Koritsa , city (1989 pop. 63,623), capital of Korçë dist., SE Albania, near the Greek border. Located in an agricultural region, it is a commercial and industrial center producing foodstuffs, rugs, and knitwear. Lignite deposits are mined... Read more |
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Convention center still awaits go-ahead Schaumburg confident of plan but...
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149,000 PERMITS ISSUED FOR 2010 SPRING TURKEY HUNT.
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145,500 PERMITS ISSUED FOR 2011 SPRING TURKEY HUNT
...recently issued for the spring 2011 Wisconsin wild...season through the spring turkey preference...available for the spring 2011 turkey season...experience by working closely with an experienced...Education Clinics will again be offered this ... |
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149,000 PERMITS ISSUED FOR 2010 SPRING TURKEY HUNT
...be issued for the spring 2010 Wisconsin wild...season through the spring turkey preference...experience by working closely with an experienced...Clinics will be offered again this year around...These clinics will be held February ... |
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Support, leadership from community help revitalize downtown Hot...
...character of downtown Hot Springs was changed forever...area was impacted again by the construction...mall in south Hot Springs. The department...empty buildings held by absentee owners...public meetings were held, and the ... |
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Paddling shows sure sign spring has finally arrived
Welcome to spring, or should I say...editorial "They Call It Spring" in which the late...unlocking, followed by spring (May, June...may have to look closely, but they're there...Jersey Paddler will be held March 28-30 at...Carey Kish is once ... |
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MSAC NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS: ; Spring Valley shuts down Smith, GW
Once more, Spring Valley had Chase...points per game, was held to 12 points for...straight time by Spring Valley. During the...But not Saturday. Spring Valley (15-6...caught up with us again. "Credit Spring...78 loss. Guarded ... |
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Rekindling an old flame: casino forces coalesce in Hot Springs as Oaklawn...
...resolved to rid Hot Springs of illegal slot machines...changed since Hot Springs closed the book on...relatives have risen again with a vengeance...Arkansas. In Hot Springs, the debate is especially...will be monitored closely to determine ... |
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UW football: Spring game preview.
...attendance at the spring game, mostly for...only two TDs in the spring game two years ago...take another lousy spring game if it meant...course and be bad again.' You get that...will be the most closely scrutinized by fans...Harris, are ... |
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Colorado Springs, Colo., Business Dean Wants Multimedia, Internet Access.
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