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Garmisch-Partenkirchen

(Encyclopedia) Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen gärˈmĭsh-pärˌtənkĭrˈkhən [key], town, Bavaria, S Germany…

Lillehammer

(Encyclopedia) LillehammerLillehammerlĭˈləhämər [key], town (1995 pop. 24,170), capital of Oppland co., S Norway, at the northern end of Lake Mjøsa. It is a commercial center for the fertile…

Albertville, town, France

(Encyclopedia) Albertville Albertville älbĕrvēlˈ [key], town, Savoie dept., E France in the Rhone-Alps region, close to the French-Italian border. Located in the Alps on…

Heiden, Eric

(Encyclopedia) Heiden, EricHeiden, Erichīˈdən [key], 1958–, American speed skater, b. Madison, Wis. After competing in the 1976 Winter Olympics, he won three consecutive World Speedskating…

Chamonix

(Encyclopedia) Chamonix Chamonix shämônēˈ [key], town, Haute-Savoie dept., E France, at the foot of Mont Blanc. The…

Sapporo

(Encyclopedia) SapporoSapporosäp-pōˈrō [key], city (1990 pop. 1,671,742), capital of Hokkaido prefecture, SW Hokkaido, Japan. It is one of Japan's most rapidly growing urban centers. Food processing…

Booth, Edwin

(Encyclopedia) Booth, Edwin, 1833–93, one of the first great American actors and the most famous of his era, b. “Tudor Hall,” near Bel Air, Md. After years of touring with his father, Junius Brutus…

Lake Placid

(Encyclopedia) Lake Placid, village (1990 pop. 2,485), Essex co., NE N.Y.; settled 1850, inc. 1900. In the Adirondack Mts. at an altitude of 1,800 ft (549 m), the village surrounds Mirror Lake. It is…

varying hare

(Encyclopedia) varying hare, any of several medium-sized hares, sometimes known as snowshoe rabbits, having white fur in winter and turning brownish in summer. They are 18 to 19 in. (45–48 cm) long…

Saint Moritz

(Encyclopedia) Saint MoritzSaint Moritzsānt môrˈĭts, mərĭtsˈ [key], Ger. Sankt Moritz, town (1990 est. pop. 5,300), Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, in the Upper Engadine, on the Lake of St. Moritz.…