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Torgau

(Encyclopedia) TorgauTorgautôrˈgou [key], city, Saxony, E central Germany, a port on the Elbe River. Manufactures include paper, iron products, glass, pottery, and agricultural machinery. Torgau is…

Jena

(Encyclopedia) JenaJenayāˈnä [key], city (1994 pop. 100,090), Thuringia, E central Germany, on the Saale River. Manufactures of this industrial center include pharmaceuticals, glass, optical and…

Mühlhausen

(Encyclopedia) MühlhausenMühlhausenmülhouˈzən [key] or Mühlhausen in ThüringenMühlhausen in Thüringenmülhouˈzən [key]Mühlhausen in Thüringenĭn türˈĭng-ən [key], city (1994 pop. 39,906), Thuringia,…

Poznań

(Encyclopedia) PoznańPoznańpôzˈnänyə [key], Ger. PosenPoznańpōˈzən [key], city (1994 est. pop. 589,300), capital of Weilkopolskie prov., W central Poland, port on the Warta River. It is an important…

Minoru Yamasaki

Minoru Yamasaki is the architect who designed Manhattan's World Trade Center. A native of Seattle, Washington and the son of Japanese immigrants, Yamasaki worked his way through college, studying…

Harold (Happy) Hairston 2001 Deaths

Harold (Happy) HairstonAge: 58 fierce rebounding forward, who played a key role on one of pro sports' greatest teams, the 1971 L.A. Lakers, a team that won 69 games, including a pro-sports…

Tallinn

(Encyclopedia) TallinnTallinntäˈlĭn [key], Ger. Reval, city (1994 pop. 442,679), capital of Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland, opposite Helsinki. It is a major Baltic port, a rail and highway junction…

Breeder's Cup Mile Results

MileYear Winner (Margin)Time Jockey Trainer 2nd place 3rd place1984 Royal Heroine (11/2)1:323/5 Fernando Toro John Gosden Star Choice Cozzene1985 Cozzene (21/4)1:35 Walter Guerra Jan Nerud Al…

Portland, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Portland. 1 City (1990 pop. 64,358), seat of Cumberland co., SW Maine, situated on a small peninsula and adjacent land, with a large, deepwater harbor on Casco Bay; settled c.1632, set…

The Congress of Women: The Land We Love

by Mrs. Mary L. Gaddess Symmetrical WomanhoodThe Land We Love. Mrs. Mary L. Gaddess is a native of Baltimore, Md. Her parents were Oliver P. Mrrryman. of one of the oldest families in the…