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Abertillery

(Encyclopedia) Abertillery Abertillery ăbˌərtĭlârˈē [key], town, Blaenau Gwent, SE Wales. The town, an agricultural market, produces tin plate and has a brewing industry.

Getz, Stan

(Encyclopedia) Getz, Stan, 1927–91, American jazz tenor saxophonist, b. Philadelphia, as Stanley Gayetsky. As a mature musician he was especially known for his “cool” jazz style. He began playing as…

colorization, motion picture

(Encyclopedia) colorization, motion picture, electronic process that uses computers to add color to black-and-white movies, creating new colored videotape versions. Invented by Canadians Wilson…

Ross, Barney David

(Encyclopedia) Ross, Barney David, 1909–67, American boxer, b. New York City as Dov-Ber Rasofsky; he was also known as Beryl David Rasofsky and Barnet David Rasofsky. After an amateur career, Ross…

Torrijos Herrera, Omar

(Encyclopedia) Torrijos Herrera, OmarTorrijos Herrera, Omarōmärˈ tōrēˈhōs ārāˈrä [key], 1929–81, military leader, dictator of Panama (1968–78). As a lieutenant colonel, he led, together with Col.…

Murray, river, Australia

(Encyclopedia) Murray, principal and second-longest river of Australia, 1,609 mi (2,589 km) long, rising in the Australian Alps, SE New South Wales, and flowing westward to form the New South Wales–…

Hopkins, Sir Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Sir Anthony, 1937–, British actor, b. Port Talbot, Wales. A classically schooled actor, he studied drama in Wales and London, made his stage debut in 1960, and was long a…

Maitland

(Encyclopedia) Maitland, city (2016 pop. 77,305), New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Hunter River. It is a railroad junction and agricultural center with light manufacturing. Maitland began as a…

Blue Mountains, Australia

(Encyclopedia) Blue Mountains, region of New South Wales, SE Australia. Located W of Sydney, this elevation is actually a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range.

Adoniram Judson WARNER, Congress, OH (1834-1910)

WARNER, Adoniram Judson, a Representative from Ohio; born in Wales, near Buffalo, N.Y., January 13, 1834; moved with his parents to Wisconsin at the age of eleven; attended school in Beloit,…