(Encyclopedia) UsulutánUsulután&oomacr;s&oomacr;l&oomacr;tänˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 38,138), S El Salvador. Near the volcano of the same name, the city is the commercial center of an…
(Encyclopedia) Yoshkar-Ola or Ioshkar-OlaYoshkar-Olaboth: yəshkärˌəläˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 242,000), capital of Mari El, E central European Russia. Manufactures include pharmaceuticals and…
(Encyclopedia) Ar Raqqah Ar Raqqah är räkˈkä [key] or El Rashid El Rashid ĕl räshēdˈ [key], city, capital of Ar Raqqah governorate, N Syria, on the Euphrates…
(Encyclopedia) Delibes, MiguelDelibes, Miguelmēgĕlˈ dālēˈbās [key], 1920–2010, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and journalist, b. Valladolid. Prolific and widely translated, he is known for his…
(Encyclopedia) Andújar Andújar änd&oomacr;ˈhär [key], city, Jaén prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Guadalquivir River. Its pottery and its water-cooling jars made of…
(Encyclopedia) Hermopolis MagnaHermopolis Magnahərmŏpˈəlĭs măgˈnə [key], ancient city, central Egypt, on the Nile and near the modern Ashmunein. It was the chief seat for the worship of Thoth. At the…
(Encyclopedia) Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1877 by the Women's Art Museum Association, the museum opened in 1886. Its collections contain examples spanning 3,000 years of…
(Encyclopedia) Ahuachapán Ahuachapán äwä chä pänˈ [key], city, W El Salvador, near the Guatemalan border. It is the westernmost city in the country and is the center of an…
Senate Years of Service: 1912-1921Party: RepublicanFALL, Albert Bacon, a Senator from New Mexico; born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., November 26, 1861; attended the country schools;…
