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(Encyclopedia) Ghost Dance, central ritual of the messianic religion instituted in the late 19th cent. by a Paiute named Wovoka. The religion prophesied the peaceful end of the westward expansion of…Greenwich, town, United States
(Encyclopedia) Greenwich Greenwich grĕnˈĭch [key], residential town (2020 pop. 63,518), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on…Campeche, state, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Campeche Campeche kämpāˈchā [key], state, 21,924 sq mi (56,798 sq km), SE Mexico, on the Gulf of…Cannon, Annie Jump
(Encyclopedia) Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863–1941, American astronomer, b. Dover, Del. In 1897 she became an assistant in the Harvard College Observatory, where (1911–38) she was astronomer and curator of…Brussels griffon
(Encyclopedia) Brussels griffon, breed of sturdy toy dog developed in Belgium in the 18th and 19th cent. It stands about 8 in. (20.3 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 6 to 12 lb (2.7–5.5 kg).…Bryansk
(Encyclopedia) Bryansk Bryansk brēänskˈ [key], city (2020 est. pop. 399,000), capital of Bryansk region, central…Bushehr
(Encyclopedia) Bushehr Bushehr b&oomacr;shĕrˈ [key] or Bushire Bushire…Tantlinger, Keith Walton
(Encyclopedia) Tantlinger, Keith Walton, 1919–2011, b. Orange, Calif. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he was the inventor of the modern shipping container. After stints at Douglas Aircraft Co. (…Teplice
(Encyclopedia) TepliceTeplicetĕˈplĭtsĕ [key] or Teplice-ŠanovTeplice–shäˈnôf [key], Ger. Teplitz-Schönau, city (1991 pop. 53,004), NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia, in the Erzgebirge [ore mountains] and…Wadi Halfa
(Encyclopedia) Wadi HalfaWadi Halfawäˈdē hălˈfə [key], town, N Sudan, on Lake Nubia (Lake Nasser). It is the terminus of a railroad from Khartoum and is the point at which cotton, wheat, livestock,…Trending
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