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Albert Bacon Fall
Albert Bacon Fall 1861-1944, American cabinet official, b. Frankfort, Ky. He became a rancher in New Mexico and a political leader in that state. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1912, he served there until President Harding made him Secretary of the Interior in 1921. Fall was one of the chief figures... Read more |
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Teapot Dome
Teapot Dome in U.S. history, oil reserve scandal that began during the administration of President Harding . In 1921, by executive order of the President, control of naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyo., and at Elk Hills, Calif., was transferred from the Navy Dept. to the Dept. of the Interior.... Read more |
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Victoria Nile
Victoria Nile river, section of the White Nile, c.260 mi (420 km) long, central Uganda, E central Africa. It drains from the northern end of Lake Victoria at Jinja and flows generally north and west, over Ripon Falls and Owen Falls (both now submerged), through shallow Lake Kyoga, and thence over... Read more |
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Leo Fall
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fall of meteors
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Professor Moriarty
Moriarty, Professor in Conan Doyle's stories of Sherlock Holmes, the arch criminal who is Holmes's implacable enemy. His final attempt to murder Holmes resulted in their both falling into the abyss of the Reichenbach Falls, apparently to their deaths, although the popularity of the character forced... Read more |
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Churchill Falls
Churchill Falls spectacular waterfalls of the upper Churchill River, 245 ft (75 m) high, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada; known as Grand Falls until renamed (1965) in honor of Sir Winston Churchill. The falls were first explored (1839) by John McLean, a trader of the Hudson Bay Company. Four miles (6.4... Read more |
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the Fall
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Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls city (1990 pop. 43,929), seat of Bonneville co., SE Idaho, traversed by the Snake River; inc. 1900. The chief city of the extensively irrigated upper Snake valley, Idaho Falls is the prosperous commercial and processing center of a cattle, dairy, and farm region that produces potatoes,... Read more |
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Teapot Dome Scandal 1921-1924
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