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Saint Moritz

(Encyclopedia) Saint MoritzSaint Moritzsānt môrˈĭts, mərĭtsˈ [key], Ger. Sankt Moritz, town (1990 est. pop. 5,300), Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, in the Upper Engadine, on the Lake of St. Moritz.…

geyser

(Encyclopedia) geysergeysergīˈzər [key] [Icel.], hot spring from which water and steam are ejected periodically to heights ranging from a few to several hundred feet. Notable geysers are found in…

Witwatersrand

(Encyclopedia) WitwatersrandWitwatersrandwĭtwôˈtərzrăndˌ [key] [Afrik.,=white water ridge] or the Rand, region, Gauteng prov. (formerly a part of Transvaal), South Africa. The area, which forms the…

contralto

(Encyclopedia) contraltocontraltokəntrălˈtō [key], female voice of lowest pitch. Originally, the term denoted a second voice set against (contra) a high voice (alto); thus, a second high voice. Since…

Herman Carl ANDERSEN, Congress, MN (1897-1978)

ANDERSEN, Herman Carl, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Newcastle, Kings County, Wash., January 27, 1897; moved with his parents to a farm near Tyler, Lincoln County, Minn., in 1901;…

Michael Allen ANDREWS, Congress, TX (1944)

ANDREWS, Michael Allen, a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., February 7, 1944; graduated from Arlington Heights High School, Fort Worth, Tex., 1962; B.A.,…

Gideon HARD, Congress, NY (1797-1885)

HARD, Gideon, a Representative from New York; born in Arlington, Bennington County, Vt., April 29, 1797; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1822; taught school; studied…

Joseph Edward CASEY, Congress, MA (1898-1980)

CASEY, Joseph Edward, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Clinton, Worcester County, Mass., December 27, 1898; attended the public schools; served as a private in the United States…

James Marvin LEATH, Congress, TX (1931-2000)

LEATH, James Marvin, a Representative from Texas; born in Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., May 6, 1931; attended the Rusk County public schools; graduated from Henderson High School, 1949;…