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(Encyclopedia) GuercinoGuercinogwĕrchēˈnō [key], 1591–1666, Italian painter whose original name was Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, b. near Bologna. He studied with Ludovico Carracci. Extremely skillful…Niagara Falls, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Niagara Falls, city (1990 pop. 61,840), Niagara co., W N.Y., at the great falls of the Niagara River opposite Niagara Falls, Ont.; inc. 1892. Tourism is one of its oldest industries,…Lanfranco, Giovanni
(Encyclopedia) Lanfranco, GiovanniLanfranco, Giovannijōvänˈnē länfrängˈkō [key], 1582–1647, Italian painter. Lanfranco is considered one of the foremost artists of the High Baroque. He was trained by…Covington
(Encyclopedia) Covington Covington kŭvˈĭngtən [key], city (2020 pop. 40,181), seat of Kenton co., N central Ky., at…Yakima, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) YakimaYakimayăkˈəmô, –mə [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Sahaptin-Chinook branch of the Penutian linguistic stock (see Native American languages…Saratoga Springs
(Encyclopedia) Saratoga Springs, resort and residential city (1990 pop. 25,001), Saratoga co., E N.Y.; inc. as a village 1826, as a city 1915. Skidmore College is the largest source of employment,…Onassis, Aristotle Socrates
(Encyclopedia) Onassis, Aristotle SocratesOnassis, Aristotle Socratesârˌĭstŏtˈəl sŏkˈrətēz ōnăsˈĭs [key], 1906?–75, Greek shipowner and financier, b. Turkey. Leaving Turkey after the Turkish defeat…Bethlehem, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Bethlehem, city (2020 pop. 75,781), Northampton and Lehigh counties, E Pa., on the Lehigh R. near Allentown and Easton; inc. as a city 1917. Local…Wilkes-Barre
(Encyclopedia) Wilkes-BarreWilkes-Barrewĭlks-bârˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 47,523), seat of Luzerne co., E Pa., on the east bank of the Susquehanna River; settled 1769, inc. as a city 1871. Once a…Sheldon Adelson
Sheldon Adelson was a casino tycoon and one of the world's richest men when he died in 2021. Sheldon Adelson was a self-made billionaire who grew up in a poor neighborhood of Boston, the son of…Trending
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