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Alaskan malamute
(Encyclopedia) Alaskan malamuteAlaskan malamutemălˈəmy&oomacr;tˌ [key], breed of strong, compact working dog believed to be one of the oldest arctic sled dogs. It stands about 23 in. (58.2 cm)…Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
(Encyclopedia) Fischer-Dieskau, DietrichFischer-Dieskau, Dietrichdēˈtrĭkh fĭshˈər-dēsˈkou [key], 1925–2012, German baritone. Possessed of a sensitive voice capable of a wide variety of range and…vampire
(Encyclopedia) vampire, in folklore, animated corpse that sucks the blood of humans. Belief in vampires has existed from the earliest times and has given rise to an amalgam of legends and…Space Accidents
1967Jan. 27, Apollo 1: a fire aboard the space capsule on the ground at Cape Kennedy, Fla., killed astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger Chaffee. April 23–24, Soyuz 1:…After 20 Years, Barbra Morgan Becomes First Teacher in Space
Teacher/Astronaut was backup to Christa McAuliffe by Mark Zurlo Related Links Space Shuttle TimelineSpace Shuttle (Encyclopedia) Space AccidentsSpace MoviesSpace ExplorationIn 1985…hybrid
(Encyclopedia) hybridhybridhīˈbrĭd [key], term applied by plant and animal breeders to the offspring of a cross between two different subspecies or species, and by geneticists to the offspring of…cerrado
(Encyclopedia) cerrado, tropical ecological region, c. 770,000 sq mi (2 million sq km), Brazil, encompassing several states and the federal district and extending into Bolivia and Paraguay. Located…Writers
Achebe, Rousseau, Yourcenar, and more A-B | C | D-F | G-H | I-L | M-N | O-P | R-S | T-Z Achebe, Chinua Adams, Henry Addison, Joseph Aesop Agee, James Agnon, S. Y. Alcott,…James DE WOLF, Congress, RI (1764-1837)
Senate Years of Service: 1821-1825 Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican DE WOLF James , a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Bristol, R.I., March 18, 1764; during the Revolutionary…William Wolfe COHEN, Congress, NY (1874-1940)
COHEN William Wolfe , a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 6, 1874; attended the public schools; became associated with his father in the shoe manufacturing business…Trending
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