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Bonatti, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Bonatti, Walter, 1930–2011, Italian mountain climber. He became famous for such feats as the first climb (1951) of Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif and the ascent (1958) of…Walter, Lucy
(Encyclopedia) Walter, Lucy, 1630?–1658, mistress (1648–50) of Charles II of England during his exile in Holland and France. She was the mother by him of James Scott, duke of Monmouth, whom the Whigs…Bernstein, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Bernstein, Walter, 1919-2021, American screenwriter, b. Brooklyn, NY, Dartmouth College (BA, 1940). After attending high school,…Piston, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Piston, Walter, 1894–1976, American composer and teacher, b. Rockland, Maine. Piston studied at Harvard and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris; he joined the faculty of Harvard in 1926. He…Baade, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Baade, WalterBaade, Waltervälˈtər bäˈdə [key], 1893–1960, German-born American astronomer. From 1919 to 1931 he was on the staff of the Hamburg observatory; from 1931 to 1958, at the…Reed, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Reed, Walter, 1851–1902, American army surgeon, b. Gloucester co., Va. In 1900 he was sent to Havana as head of an army commission to investigate an outbreak of yellow fever among…Dryburgh Abbey
(Encyclopedia) Dryburgh AbbeyDryburgh Abbeydrīˈbərə [key], Premonstratensian abbey, Scottish Borders, SE Scotland, on the Tweed below Melrose. Founded in 1150, it was several times destroyed (1322…Carroll, James
(Encyclopedia) Carroll, James, 1854–1907, American bacteriologist and army surgeon, b. Woolwich, England, M.D. Univ. of Maryland, 1891. He went to Canada at 15 and later joined the U.S. army. A…Bethesda, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Bethesda, uninc. city (2020 pop. 63,195), Montgomery co., W central Md., an affluent residential and commercial suburb of Washington, D.…Major Bouts, 2001–02: Welterweights (147 lbs)
DateWinnerLoserResultTitleSiteJan. 26Vernon ForrestShane MosleyWu 12WBCNew York CityMar. 16Antonio MargaritoAntonio DiazTKO 10—Las VegasMar. 30Richard MayorgaAndrew LewisTKO 5WBAReading, Penn…Trending
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