(Encyclopedia) Murchison Falls, rapids on the lower Victoria Nile River, NW Uganda, 22 mi (35 km) E of Lake Albert (see Albert, Lake). The river, narrowing to about 20 ft (6 m) wide, flows through…
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writerBorn: 1902Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah Thurman dropped out of the University of Southern California in 1925 and moved to Harlem. He worked on a number of magazines, and wrote several…
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(Encyclopedia) Philippe, 1960–, king of the Belgians (2013–). Eldest son of Albert II, he was educated at the Belgian Royal Military Academy, Oxford, and Stanford. Philippe married Mathilde d'Udekem…
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