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(Encyclopedia) TaberTabertāˈbər [key], town (1991 pop. 6,660), S Alta., Canada, NE of Lethbridge. The area is irrigated for crop and livestock raising. The town has a sugar beet refinery and a…Kaneohe
(Encyclopedia) KaneoheKaneohekäˈnāōhā [key], uninc. city (1990 pop. 35,448), Honolulu co., Hawaii, on the east coast of Oahu, on Kaneohe Bay. Once the site of a pineapple plantation and cannery, it…Steinbeck, John
(Encyclopedia) Steinbeck, John, 1902–68, American writer, b. Salinas, Calif., studied at Stanford. He is probably best remembered for his strong sociological novel The Grapes of Wrath, considered one…Rowing
First Olympic Appearance: 1900 (men); 1976 (women) by Gerry Brown and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? The coxswain must weigh at least 55 kilos (about 121 pounds) in men's events and 50 kilos in…Rowing
MenEvent Single ScullsPertti Karppinen, FIN7:00.24 Peter Michael Kolbe, FRG7:02.19 Robert Mills, CAN7:10.38Double ScullsUSA6:36.87 Belgium6:38.19 Yugoslavia6:39.59Coxless PairsRomania6:45.39…determinant
(Encyclopedia) determinant, a polynomial expression that is inherent in the entries of a square matrix. The size n of the square matrix, as determined from the number of entries in any row or column…John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck was one of the best-known American novelists of the mid-20th century. His frequent topic, in books like The Grapes of Wrath, was the plight of the misfits, the homeless and the…serial music
(Encyclopedia) serial music, the body of compositions whose fundamental syntactical reference is a particular ordering (called series or row) of the twelve pitch classes—C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G…Debra Winger
Name at birth: Mary Debra WingerActress Debra Winger was a top box office star in the 1980s and an Oscar nominee for her leading roles in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and Terms of Endearment (…Debbie Rowe
Deborah Rowe was the second wife of pop star Michael Jackson and the mother of his first two children. Rowe was working as a nurse for Jackson's dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, when she agreed to…Trending
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