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Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of October 11, 2021
It’s been a busy week, from low voter turnout in Iraq to absolute violence across the globe. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top five stories of the…Our Top Stories for the Week of April 11, 2022
It's been a busy week, from political strain to natural disasters. Who has time to keep track of it all? That's why we've boiled it all down to our top five stories of the week. Political Strains…Our Top Stories for the Week of July 11, 2022
It’s been a busy week, from situations involving guns to changes to the political landscape. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week…Atitlán
(Encyclopedia) AtitlánAtitlánätētlänˈ [key], volcanic lake, 53 sq mi (137 sq km), 17 mi (27.3 km) long and 11 mi (17.7 km) wide, SW Guatemala. One of the most magnificent lakes of Central America, it…Chernihiv
(Encyclopedia) ChernihivChernihivchĭrnyēˈhĭf [key], Rus. ChernigovChernihivchĭrnyēˈgəf [key], city (1990 est. pop. 296,000), capital of Chernihiv region, in N Ukraine, on the Desna River. It is a…Jaca
(Encyclopedia) JacaJacahäˈkä [key], town (1990 pop. 10,874), Huesca prov., NE Spain, in Aragón, in the Pyrenees (alt. c.2,700 ft/820 m), near the French border on the Aragón River. A communications…Brecon
(Encyclopedia) BreconBreconbrĕkˈən [key] or BrecknockBrecknockbrĕkˈnŏk, –nək [key], town (1981 pop. 7,422), Powys, S Wales, at the junction of the Honddu and Usk rivers. It is a market for the…Durant, William James
(Encyclopedia) Durant, William James, 1885–1981, American historian and essayist, b. North Adams, Mass. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1917 and published his doctoral dissertation, Philosophy…Jungfrau
(Encyclopedia) JungfrauJungfrauy&oobreve;ngˈfrou [key], peak, 13,642 ft (4,158 m) high, S central Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. It was first ascended by the Meyer brothers in 1811. Aletsch…phylacteries
(Encyclopedia) phylacteriesphylacteriesfĭlăkˈtərēz [key] [Gr.,=safeguard], two small leather boxes worn during morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jews after the age of 13 years and one day…Trending
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