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Konotop

(Encyclopedia) KonotopKonotopkŏnətŏpˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 96,900), N Ukraine, on the Ezuch River. It is a rail junction and agricultural center with railroad repair shops and an…

Chorzów

(Encyclopedia) Chorzów Chorzów hôˈzh&oomacr;f [key], city, Śląskie prov., S Poland. A rail junction and a…

wickiup

(Encyclopedia) wickiupwickiupwĭkˈēŭpˌ [key], temporary dwelling of nomadic Native North Americans. It is a framework of arched poles covered by brush, bark, rushes, or mats. The wickiup is found…

Carr, Emily

(Encyclopedia) Carr, Emily, 1871–1945, Canadian painter. She studied (1889–c.1895) at the San Francisco School of Art and later in London and in Paris. In Victoria, British Columbia, she taught…

magnetic pole

(Encyclopedia) magnetic pole, the two roughly opposite ends of the planet where the earth's magnetic intensity is the greatest, as the north and south magnetic poles. For the magnetic north, it is…

Katyn

(Encyclopedia) KatynKatynkətĭnˈ [key], village, W central European Russia, 12 mi (19 km) W of Smolensk. During World War II, when it was part of the USSR, it was occupied by the Germans in Aug., 1941…

Mohyliv-Podilskyy

(Encyclopedia) Mohyliv-PodilskyyMohyliv-Podilskyymŭˌhĭlyĭfˈ-pədyĭlˈskyē [key], Rus. Mogilev-Podolski, city, E Ukraine, at the confluence of the Dniester and Derlo rivers. In the 17th cent. it became…

equator

(Encyclopedia) equator, imaginary great circle around the earth, everywhere equidistant from the two geographical poles and forming the base line from which latitude is reckoned. The equator, which…

NASCAR Top 5 Finishing Order + Pole, 1999

1999 SEASONNo.EventWinner2nd3rd4th5thPole1Daytona 500J. GordonD. EarnhardtK. IrwinM. SkinnerM. WaltripJ. Gordon2Big Kmart 400M. MartinD. JarrettB. LabonteJ. Burton J. MayfieldR. Rudd3Las…

CART Top 5 Finishing Order + Pole, 1999

1999 SeasonNo.EventWinner2nd3rd4th5thPole1Miami GPG. MooreM. AndrettiD. FranchittiJ. VasserM. PapisG. Moore2Firehawk 500A. Fernandez G. de FerranC. FittipaldiG. MooreM. AndrettiG. de…