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Outer Banks

(Encyclopedia) Outer Banks or the Banks, chain of sand barrier islands and peninsulas, c.175 mi (280 km), along the Atlantic coast of SE Va. and E N.C. Separated by inlets and enclosing several…

Brewer's: Bank

A money-changer's bench or table. (Italian banco or banca.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bank of a RiverBanian Days A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Iain Banks

Name at birth: Iain Menzies BanksIain Banks wrote literary novels such as The Wasp Factory and science fiction novels such as those in The Culture series. Banks was born and raised in Scotland, a…

Jonathan Banks

Actor Jonathan Banks has been on screen for more than four decades, but he's best known for his role as Mike Ehrmantraut in the series Breaking Bad. Since the mid-1970s, Banks has worked steadily in…

Russell Banks

Russell Banks was a New England writer famous for his novels Affliction (1990) and The Sweet Hereafter (1992), both of which were made into critically-acclaimed movies. In the 1980s Banks began…

Tyra Banks

Banks is a former model who created the popular TV reality show America's Next Top Model and hosted her own talk show in the early 2000s, The Tyra Banks Show. Banks was a top supermodel of the 1990s…

Robert Banks

Robert BanksBorn: 1921 Birthplace: Piedmont, Mo. Polypropylene and high-density polyethylene (HDPE)—While working for the Phillips Petroleum Company, Banks and Hogan developed two of the world's most…

Ernie Banks

Ernie BanksBorn: Jan. 31, 1931Baseball SS-1B led NL in home runs and RBI twice each; 2-time MVP (1958-59) with Chicago Cubs; 512 career HRs.Seve BallesterosA - CRoger Bannister

nutria

(Encyclopedia) nutrianutrian&oomacr;ˈtrēə [key] or coypucoypukoiˈp&oomacr; [key], aquatic rodent, Myocastor coypus, of South America, introduced in the S United States for its fur, which is…

Outer Barrier

(Encyclopedia) Outer Barrier, series of sandy barrier islands or offshore bars, extending c.75 mi (120 km) along the south shore of Long Island, SE N.Y., from Rockaway Beach at the west to the east…