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Kluane National Park

(Encyclopedia) Kluane National ParkKluane National Parkkl&oomacr;ānˈ [key], c.8,500 sq mi (22,000 sq km), SW Yukon, Canada, between Kluane Lake and the British Columbia and Alaska borders; est.…

Woomera

(Encyclopedia) WoomeraWoomeraw&oomacr;ˈmərə [key], village (2016 pop. 146), South Australia, S Australia, near Lake Torrens. It is located within the large Woomera Range Complex, which includes…

The Supreme Court: Saving Wetlands

Saving WetlandsThe Supreme CourtDeciding Property RightsProtecting Land and HomeSaving WetlandsProtecting Patents, Copyrights and TrademarksTrademark for Sex Shop Anthony Palazzolo owned…

Lewis & Clark: Beginning a Long Journey

by NoahBrooks A Great Transaction in LandFrom the Lower to the Upper RiverBeginning a Long Journey In 1803, availing himself of a plausible pretext to send out an…

Djenné

(Encyclopedia) Djenné or JennéDjennéboth: jĕnāˈ [key], town, S central Mali, on the Bani River. It is an agricultural market center. The nearby, pre-Islamic ruins of Jenné-Jeno, which at its height…

Baleshwar

(Encyclopedia) Baleshwar Baleshwar bəˈlĭshwärˌ, bä– [key] or Balasore…

Anne Bradstreet: Water

WaterScarce Earth had done, but th' angry water moved. Sister (quoth she) it had full well behoved Among your boastings to have praised me Cause of your fruitfulness as you shall see: This…

Port Said

(Encyclopedia) Port SaidPort Saidsīd, sād, säēdˈ [key] or Bur SaidBur Saidb&oobreve;r [key], city (1986 pop. 469,533), NE Egypt, a port on the Mediterranean Sea at the entrance to the Suez Canal…

Dia Art Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Dia Art Foundation, American foundation that supports contemporary art and artists, est. 1974 by art dealer Heiner Friedrich and his wife, art patron Philippa de Menil. The foundation…

Carl Sandburg: The Great Hunt

The Great HuntCarl SandburgI cannot tell you now; When the wind's drive and whirl Blow me along no longer, And the wind's a whisper at last — Maybe I'll tell you then…