actorBorn: 5/30/1953Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Television, stage, and film actor who began his career on British television after several years on the stage. He became a recurring character on…
The Question: Which canyon, located in Tanzania, is famous for its fossil beds? The Answer: The site you are thinking of is not quite big enough to be…
actorBorn: 1948Birthplace: New Hampshire American TV and film actor who became a regular on the Emmy Award-winning TV drama NYPD Blue(1993–present) as Detective Gregory Medavoy after his guest…
(Encyclopedia) Kelly, George, 1887–1974, American playwright, b. Philadelphia. He began his career as a vaudevillian, as both an actor and skit writer. His best-known plays, penetrating satires on…
(Encyclopedia) Mansfield, Mount, peak, 4,393 ft (1,339 m) high, N central Vt.; highest peak in the Green Mts. and in Vermont. Most of the mountain is in Mt. Mansfield State Forest. At the foot of the…
(Encyclopedia) Gaspé BayGaspé Baygăsˈpā, gäspāˈ [key], deep inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 22 mi (35 km) long and 6 mi (9.7 km) wide, E Que., Canada, at the east end of the Gaspé Peninsula. The…
(Encyclopedia) Casco BayCasco Baykăsˈkō [key], deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 200 sq mi (518 sq km), SW Maine. The bay, with its more than 200 wooded, hilly islands, has many summer estates and…
(Encyclopedia) solenodonsolenodonsōlēˈnədŏn [key], venomous insectivorous mammal, genus Solenodon, found in the West Indies. Related to moles and shrews, the solenodon resembles a rat with an…
ICE SHEETSFIND OUT MOREAbout one-tenth of Earth’s dry land and one-eighth of its oceans are covered with ice. This ice is made of snow that collects and becomes compacted (pressed down).…