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Brewer's: Course

Another course would have done it. A little more would have effected our purpose. It is said that the peasants of a Yorkshire village tried to wall in a cuckoo in order to enjoy an eternal…

Speed over a Straight Course

Speed (mph) Date Plane typePilot Place2,193.16 July 28, 1976 Lockheed SR-71A Capt. Eldon W. Joersz (USAF) Beale AFB, Calif.Distance, Great Circle Without Landing, also Distance, Closed…

World Long Course Records—Women

World Long Course Records—Women(Through Aug. 8, 2005)Distance Record Holder Country DateFreestyle50 m 0:24.13Inge de BruijnNetherlandsSept. 22, 2000100 m 0:53.52 Jodie HenryAustraliaAug. 18,…

Albatross Flies Off Course to New Jersey

by David Johnson Related Links Encyclopedia: AlbatrossDictionary: AlbatrossSpeed of AnimalsTo the delight of bird watchers and the surprise of biologists, a yellow-nosed albatross, one of…

Dye, Pete

(Encyclopedia) Dye, Pete (Paul Dye, Jr.), 1925–2020, American golf course architect, often regarded as the father of modern golf course architecture, b. Urbana, Ohio. He was a successful amateur…

Naryn

(Encyclopedia) NarynNarynnərĭnˈ [key], river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in several branches in the Tian Shan mountain system, SW Kyrgyzstan and SE Uzbekistan. The longest river in Kyrgyzstan, it…

Wupper

(Encyclopedia) WupperWupperv&oobreve;pˈər [key], river, c.65 mi (100 km) long, W central Germany. It is formed by several headstreams and winds in a tortuous course N and SW past Wuppertal,…

Kentucky, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Kentucky, river, 259 mi (417 km) long, formed by the junction of the North Fork and the Middle Fork rivers, central Ky., and flowing NW to the Ohio River at Carrollton. Frankfort, Ky…