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Taber

(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…

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…

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…

Death Row

The Question: How many people are on death row? The Answer: The number of prisoners on death row first topped 3,000 in 1995 and remains higher than that. For a…

Brewer's: Row

(rhyme with now). A tumult. It used to be written roue, and referred to the night encounters of the roués or profligate bon-vivants whose glory it was to attack the “Charleys” and disturb…