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Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill was the singer for the Fugees, an ambitious and groundbreaking hip-hop trio which also included Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean. Their Grammy-winning second album, The Score, reached #1 on…Breed's Hill
(Encyclopedia) Breed's Hill: see Bunker Hill, battle of.Adamson, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Adamson, Robert: see Hill, David Octavius.Arafat
(Encyclopedia) ArafatArafatäräfätˈ [key] or ArafaArafaäräfäˈ [key], granite hill, Saudi Arabia, near Mecca. The hill was an ancient pagan sanctuary and is shrouded in many legends. It is a site for…Malindidzimu Hill
(Encyclopedia) Malindidzimu HillMalindidzimu Hillmälĭnˌdēdzēˈm&oomacr; [key] or World's View, granite hill, SW Zimbabwe, 25 mi (40 km) S of Bulawayo. It was designated by Cecil Rhodes as the…Hill, Joe
(Encyclopedia) Hill, Joe, 1879–1915, Swedish-American union organizer; b. Sweden, as Joel Hägglund, also called Joseph Hillström. He came to the United States in 1902 and worked as a miner and a…Hill, Sir Rowland
(Encyclopedia) Hill, Sir Rowland, 1795–1879, English educator, inventor, and postal reformer. He introduced the system of self-government in his school at Hazelwood in Birmingham. In his Plans for…Pleasant Hill
(Encyclopedia) Pleasant Hill, residential city (1990 pop. 31,585), Contra Costa co., W Calif.; inc. 1961. First settled in 1844, the area remained rural until the housing boom of World War II.…Hill, David Octavius
(Encyclopedia) Hill, David Octavius, 1802–70, and Robert Adamson, 1821–48, Scottish pioneer photographers. Hill was a painter of romantic Scottish landscapes. In 1843 he was commissioned to make a…Chapel Hill
(Encyclopedia) Chapel Hill, town (2020 pop. 61,960), Orange co., central N.C., at the edge of the Piedmont; founded 1792, inc. 1851. Primarily…Trending
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