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Utah State University

(Encyclopedia) Utah State University, mainly at Logan; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1888, opened 1890. It publishes Utah Science, Western Historical Quarterly, and Western…

Hermon, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Hermon, MountHermon, Mounthûrˈmən [key], Arabic Jabal Ash Shaykh [mountain of the chief] and Jebel-eth-Thelj [snowy mountain], on the Syria-Lebanon border. The highest of its three…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Snow-Storm

The Snow-StormAnnounced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river, and the…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Snow Queen

The Fir TreeThe Leap-FrogThe Snow QueenWhich Treats of a Mirror and of the SplintersA Little Boy and a Little GirlOf the Flower-Garden At the Old Woman's Who Understood WitchcraftThe Prince…

Winter Olympics: Medal Standings - Snow

We look forward to providing event results for the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, which take place from February 10-26, 2006. Medal standings by sport: Choose a sport...Alpine…

Weather: Modern Winter of Deep Snows

Modern Winter of Deep SnowsWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe…

Erymanthian boar

(Encyclopedia) Erymanthian boarErymanthian boarĕrĭmănˈthēən [key], in Greek mythology, a huge boar that ravaged the environs of Mt. Erymanthos. As his third labor, Hercules captured it by chasing it…

nimbus, in meteorology

(Encyclopedia) nimbus, in meteorology, low, dark, formless cloud covering the entire sky, from which rain or snow is steadily falling. The term is usually applied to any cloud from which rain…

Aiken, Conrad

(Encyclopedia) Aiken, ConradAiken, Conradāˈkĭn [key], 1889–1973, American author, b. Savannah, Ga., grad. Harvard, 1912. Aiken is best known for his poetry, which often is preoccupied with the sound…

Asahikawa

(Encyclopedia) Asahikawa Asahikawa äsähēˈkäwä [key], city, W central Hokkaido, Japan, on the Ishikari River. Asahikawa is the commercial, industrial, and rail center of a…