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Kunigunde, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Kunigunde, Saint: see Henry II, Holy Roman emperor. ...

Matilda, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Matilda, Saint: see Henry I (Henry the Fowler). ...

Christian Brothers

(Encyclopedia)Christian Brothers: see John Baptist de la Salle, Saint. ...

Walpurgisnacht

(Encyclopedia)Walpurgisnacht or Walpurgis Night: see Walburga, Saint. ...

Douglas, Denzil Llewellyn

(Encyclopedia)Douglas, Denzil Llewellyn, 1953–, Kittian political leader, grad. Univ. of the West Indies (B.S. 1977, M.D. 1984). A member of the Labour party, in 1989 he was elected to the Saint Kitts and Nevis n...

Saint Thomas, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Saint Thomas, city (1991 pop. 29,990), S Ont., Canada, S of London. Originally the center for a rich agricultural area, it became a rail and manufacturing center beginning in the late 1800s. Motor veh...

Carroll, Paul Vincent

(Encyclopedia)Carroll, Paul Vincent, 1900–1968, Irish playwright. His plays, vigorous commentaries on the conflicts of village life in Ireland, include Shadow and Substance (1937), The White Steed (1939), The Wis...

pass

(Encyclopedia)pass, opening or way by which a natural or artificial barrier can be crossed. The term pass is usually applied to a relatively narrow passage through a mountainous region. A pass, like an isthmus, may...
 

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