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(Encyclopedia) Dhanbad Dhanbad dänˈbäd [key], city, Jharkand state, E central India. On the Damodar River and…Charlet, Nicolas Toussaint
(Encyclopedia) Charlet, Nicolas ToussaintCharlet, Nicolas Toussaintnēkôläˈ t&oomacr;săNˈ shärlāˈ [key], 1792–1845, French lithographer and painter. He was famous for his lithographs depicting…Coatzacoalcos
(Encyclopedia) Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos kwätsäkwälˈkōs [key], city, Veracruz state, E central Mexico, at the mouth…dumb show
(Encyclopedia) dumb show, a theatrical pantomime included as part of a drama, especially in Elizabethan works, from the middle of the 16th cent. well into the 17th cent. Whether presented as a…Harlow
(Encyclopedia) Harlow, city and district, Essex, E England. Harlow was designated one of the new towns in 1946 to alleviate overpopulation in London.…Harrison, Ross Granville
(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Ross Granville, 1870–1959, American biologist and anatomist, b. Germantown, Pa., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1894. He went to Yale as professor of comparative anatomy in 1907 and…Haywood, Eliza (Fowler)
(Encyclopedia) Haywood, Eliza (Fowler), 1693?–1756, English author. Separated from her husband, she supported herself and her two children by writing plays and novels. Two of her books, Utopia (1725…Saint Catharines
(Encyclopedia) Saint Catharines, city (1991 pop. 129,300), S Ont., Canada, on the Welland Ship Canal. An industrial center in a rich fruit-growing region, it has canneries and wineries as well as…Rhinebeck
(Encyclopedia) Rhinebeck, village (1990 pop. 2,725), Dutchess co., SE N.Y., in the foothills of the Berkshire Mts. near the Hudson River; settled before 1700, inc. 1834. It is the site of Beekman…Reading, University of
(Encyclopedia) Reading, University of, at Reading, England; established 1892 as a university extension college affiliated with the Univ. of Oxford. In 1926 it received its charter as an independent…Trending
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