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Plzeň , Ger. Pilsen, city (1991 pop. 173,008), W Czech Republic, in Bohemia, at the confluence of several rivers. One of the Czech Republic's largest cities, it lies near a belt of coalfields in an area where sugar beets and hops are raised. Plzeň is internationally famous for its beer... Read more
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Bohemia Bohemia
Bohemia Czech Čechy, historic region (20,368 sq mi/52,753 sq km) and former kingdom, in W and central Czech Republic . Bohemia is bounded by Austria in the southeast, by Germany in the west and northwest, by Poland in the north and northeast, and by Moravia in the east. Its natural... Read more
Sir Basil Zaharoff Sir Basil Zaharoff
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Octavia . 1 d. 11 BC, Roman matron, sister of Emperor Augustus and wife of Marc Antony , her second husband. For some years, she helped maintain peace between her brother and her husband. Antony fell in love with Cleopatra , and after his war with Augustus began, he divorced (32 BC) Octavia.... Read more
meiofauna meiofauna
meiofauna 1. (meiobenthic fauna) Animals inhabiting the bottom of a river, lake, or sea that are just visible to the naked eye; for example, small polychaetes, bivalves, and nematodes. They have dimensions in the range 0.1 to 1 mm, intermediate between microfauna and macrofauna.2. See interstitial... Read more
Helen Octavia Dickens Helen Octavia Dickens
Helen Octavia Dickens1909-2001 Physician, surgeon, educator Helen Octavia Dickens served as a pioneer in the field of medicine. In 1945 she became the first female African-American to become board certified in obstetrics and gynecology in Philadelphia; five years later she became the first... Read more
Octavia E. Butler Octavia E. Butler
Octavia E. Butler1947–2006 Writer "I didn't decide to become a science fiction writer," Octavia Butler claimed in an interview with Frances M. Beal in the Black Scholar. "It just happened." Butler—the most recognized black woman writer in the genre—became one of sci-fi's leading lights with a... Read more
Octavia Hill Octavia Hill
Hill, Octavia (1838–1912). Social reformer. Early influence from her grandfather, the sanitary reformer Dr Southwood Smith, and work with the Christian socialists, led to conviction of the need for better housing for the poor. A loan from John Ruskin (1865) enabled purchase of squalid... Read more

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