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Southern Ocean

(Encyclopedia) Southern Ocean or Antarctic Ocean, name sometimes given to those parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans that surround Antarctica S of roughly 60°S. These waters are marked…

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Infoplease has everything you need to know about South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about South Georgia and the South Sandwich…

Jarves, James Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Jarves, James JacksonJarves, James Jacksonjärˈvĭs [key], 1818–88, American art critic and art collector, b. Boston. He spent some years in Honolulu, where he founded and edited a…

Yarmouth, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) YarmouthYarmouthyärˈməth [key], city (1991 pop. 7,781), SW N.S., Canada, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a port, with exports of lumber, fish, berries, and Irish moss. Manufactures…

spintronics

(Encyclopedia) spintronics,&sp;spin electronics, or magnetoelectronics, science and technology that harnesses the spin state of electrons in addition to the electrical charge state to store data…

Childress, Alice

(Encyclopedia) Childress, Alice, 1920–94, American playwright and novelist, b. Charleston, S.C. She moved (1925) to New York City and was raised in Harlem. Childress joined the American Negro Theatre…