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Retired Hurricane Names

When hurricanes are particularly destructive, their names are retired from the list of usable names. Any country affected by a particularly terrible storm can request that the name be retired by…

Minnesota

Capital: St. Paul State abbreviation/Postal code: Minn./MN Governor: Mark Dayton, D (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Tina Smith, D (to…

Rhode Island

Rhode Island State Facts Official Name: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Entered Union: May 29, 1790 (13th State) Present constitution adopted: 1843 Fun Facts State…

Utah

Capital: Salt Lake City State abbreviation/Postal code: Utah/UT Governor: Gary Herbert, R (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Spencer J.…

New York Philharmonic

(Encyclopedia) New York Philharmonic, dating from 1842, the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States. The orchestra as it now exists is the result of the merger of the Philharmonic Society of…

semantics

(Encyclopedia) semantics [Gr.,=significant] in general, the study of the relationship between words and meanings. The empirical study of word meanings and sentence meanings in existing languages is a…

Spinoza, Baruch

(Encyclopedia) Spinoza, Baruch or BenedictSpinoza, Baruch or Benedictspinōˈzə [key], 1632–77, Dutch philosopher, b. Amsterdam. Politically, Spinoza and Hobbes again share assumptions about the…

Arizona

Capital: Phoenix State abbreviation/Postal code: Ariz./AZ Governor: Doug Ducey, R (to Jan. 2019) Senators: Jeff Flake, R (to Jan. 2019…