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(Encyclopedia) Who, The, English rock music group formed in 1964. The members were Peter Dennis Blanford Townshend, 1945–, Chiswick, London, U.K…Brewer's: Crooked Sixpence
(A). Said to bring luck. (See Money.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Crooked StickCrooked as Crawley A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
(Encyclopedia) Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, S central Idaho; est. 1924. The monument (53,438 acres/21,625 hectares) lies at the north end of the much larger preserve (698,940…moon
(Encyclopedia) CE5 The moon: Near side CE5 The moon: Far side moon, natural satellite of a planet (see satellite, natural) or dwarf planet, in particular, the single natural satellite of the…phase, in astronomy
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Phases of the moon phase, in astronomy, the measure of how much of the illuminated surface of a planet or satellite can be seen from a point at a distance from that body; the…precession of the equinoxes
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Precession of the equinoxes (the points at which the earth's celestial equator intersects its ecliptic) is due to the slow rotation of the earth's axis around a perpendicular to…Moon, Mountains of the
(Encyclopedia) Moon, Mountains of the, Africa: see Ruwenzori.Mountains of the Moon
(Encyclopedia) Mountains of the Moon, Africa: see Ruwenzori.Maugham, Somerset
(Encyclopedia) Maugham, Somerset (William Somerset Maugham)Maugham, Somersetmôm [key], 1874–1965, English writer, b. Paris. He was noted as an expert storyteller and a master of the technique of…moon worship
(Encyclopedia) moon worship. Although the moon has not had great prominence in the history of religion, the worship of it has been known since earliest recorded time—in the oldest literatures of…Trending
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