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Chabas, Paul Émile
(Encyclopedia) Chabas, Paul ÉmileChabas, Paul Émilepōl āmēlˈ shäbäsˈ [key], 1869–1937, French academic painter. He is remembered chiefly for his nude, September Morn, which created a sensation when…Kara Sea
(Encyclopedia) Kara SeaKara Seakärˈə [key], Rus. Karskoye More, shallow section of the Arctic Ocean, off N Russia, between Severnaya Zemlya and Novaya Zemlya. It has an average depth of 420 ft (128 m…Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de
(Encyclopedia) Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse deLamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse demärēˈ tārĕzˈ lwēz də sävwä-kärēnyäNˈ, prăNsĕsˈ də läNbälˈ…Pendleton
(Encyclopedia) Pendleton, city (1990 pop. 15,126), seat of Umatilla co., NE Oreg., on the Umatilla River, in the foothills of the Blue Mts.; founded 1869 on the old Oregon Trail, inc. 1889. A…Yom Kippur
(Encyclopedia) Yom Kippur [Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy day, falling on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishri (usually late September or early October). It is a day…September 2002
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