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Weather: Let's See How It's Done

Let's See How It's DoneWeatherLet's See How It's DoneNow for the Real WorkGoing Into the Upper AirBring on the MachinesWhat About the Five-Day Forecast? You've gotten this far. You know the basics…

Diefenbaker, John George

(Encyclopedia) Diefenbaker, John GeorgeDiefenbaker, John Georgedēˈfənbāˌkər [key], 1895–1979, Canadian political leader. Elected to Parliament (1940), he succeeded George Drew as leader of the…

Today’s Birthdays

❮❮ ❯❯ February 25 Also Born on February 25 Enrico Carusotenor (1873) John Foster DullesSecretary of State (1888) Dame Myra Hesspianist (1890) Anthony Burgessnovelist (1917)…

The Koran/Sura XI — Houd

Sura XI — Houd Mecca — 123 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ELIF. LAM. RA.[576] A book whose verses are stablished in wisdom and then set forth with clearness…

meter, unit of measure

(Encyclopedia) meter, abbr. m, fundamental unit of length in the metric system. The meter was originally defined as 1/10,000,000 of the distance between the equator and either pole; however, the…

Alfred Lord Tennyson: I

I Here far away, seen from the topmost cliff, Filling with purple gloom the vacancies Between the tufted hills the sloping seas Hung in mid-heaven, and half-way down rare sails,…

Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess of

(Encyclopedia) Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess ofWinchilsea, Anne Finch, countess ofwĭnˈchəlsē [key], 1661–1720, English poet. In 1684 she married Heneage Finch, who became (1712) 4th earl of…

Orr, James Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Orr, James Lawrence, 1822–73, American politician, b. Craytonville, S.C. He served in the South Carolina legislature (1844–48) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1849–59), where…