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Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth Ann
(Encyclopedia)Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth Ann: see under Genovese, Eugene Dominick. ...Talbot, William Henry Fox
(Encyclopedia)Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800–1877, English inventor of photographic processes (see photography, still). A man of enormously versatile intelligence, he invented the “photogenic drawing” proces...Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, island nation (2015 est. pop. 109,000), 150 sq mi (388 sq km), West Indies, in the Windward Islands. It comprises the island of Saint Vincent (140 sq mi/363 sq...Strategic Air Command
(Encyclopedia)Strategic Air Command (SAC), former command of the U.S. air force (see Air Force, United States Department of the) charged with organizing, training, equipping, administering, and preparing strategic ...Lady of the Lake
(Encyclopedia)Lady of the Lake, in Arthurian legend, a misty, supernatural figure endowed with magic powers, who gave the sword Excalibur to King Arthur. She inhabited a castle in an underwater kingdom. According t...law of the sea
(Encyclopedia)law of the sea: see maritime law; sea, law of the; seas, freedom of the. ...Lake of the Woods
(Encyclopedia)Lake of the Woods, 1,485 sq mi (3,846 sq km), c.70 mi (110 km) long, on the U.S.-Canada border in the pine forest region of N Minn., SE Man., and SW Ont. More than two thirds of the lake is in Canada....Merchants of the Staple
(Encyclopedia)Merchants of the Staple or Merchant Staplers, English trading company that controlled the export of English raw wool. The first wool staple (i.e., a place designated by royal ordinance as a special ce...Moon, Mountains of the
(Encyclopedia)Moon, Mountains of the, Africa: see Ruwenzori. ...Maccabees, Feast of the
(Encyclopedia)Maccabees, Feast of the: see Hanukkah. ...Browse by Subject
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