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French Southern and Antarctic Lands
(Encyclopedia) French Southern and Antarctic Lands, overseas territory of France, including Adélie Land, which covers c.200,000 sq mi (520,000 sq km) in Antarctica, and a number of islands in the S…Birmingham, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Birmingham Birmingham bûrˈmĭnghămˌ [key] 1 City (2020 pop. 200,733), seat of…Varna
(Encyclopedia) VarnaVarnavärˈnä [key], city (1993 pop. 307,200), E Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. It is a major port and an industrial center. Manufactures include ships and boats, chemicals, electrical…skydiving
(Encyclopedia) skydiving, sport of descending partly by parachute from an airplane or similar craft. Engaged in for both recreational and competitive purposes, skydiving involves three phases of…Scotland, Free Church of
(Encyclopedia) Scotland, Free Church of, the secessionist Presbyterian church established as a result of the great disruption of 1843 in the Church of Scotland. The cause of the separation lay in the…Sarmatia
(Encyclopedia) SarmatiaSarmatiasärmāˈshə [key], ancient district between the Vistula River and the Caspian Sea, gradually conquered and occupied by the Sarmatians [Lat. Sarmatae] or Sauromatians (a…Swift, Taylor Alison
(Encyclopedia) Swift, Taylor Alison, 1989- , American singer-songwriter, b. West Reading, Pa. A precocious songwriter, Swift moved to Nashville…Tabasco
(Encyclopedia) TabascoTabascotäbäsˈkō [key], state (1990 pop. 1,501,744), 9,783 sq mi (25,338 sq km), E Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. Villahermosa is the capital. Tabasco is predominantly a…Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area
(Encyclopedia) Khanty-Mansi Autonomous AreaKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Areakhŭntēˈ-mŭnsēˈ [key], administrative division (1995 pop. 1,326,200), 201,969 sq mi (523,100 sq km), W Siberian Russia. Khanty-…Ludlow massacre
(Encyclopedia) Ludlow massacre, strike-related killings at Ludlow, Colo., on Apr. 20, 1914. Attempting to improve wages and working conditions and to stop numerous abuses, coal miners had been on…Trending
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