LYNCH, Thomas, (father of Thomas Lynch, Jr.), a Delegate from South Carolina; born in St. James Parish, Berkeley County, S.C., in 1727; attended the common schools; engaged in planting, with…
Horses in parentheses. Individual Dressage: 1. Anky van Grunsven (Bonfire) NED (239.18 pts); 2. Isabell Werth (Gigolo) GER (234.19); 3. Ulla Salzgeber (Rusty) GER (230.57). Team Dressage: 1.…
(Encyclopedia) MaringáMaringámərēng-gäˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 268,878), Paraná state, SE Brazil. It is an agricultural center whose chief products are coffee, corn, beans, rice, wheat, and sugarcane…
(Encyclopedia) PulangiPulangip&oomacr;längˈgē [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in the mountains of N Mindanao, the Philippines, and flowing SW to Liguasan Marsh. As the Mindanao River…
(Encyclopedia) Pasuruan or PasoeroeanPasoeroeanboth: päˌs&oomacr;r&oomacr;änˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 152,075), E Java, Indonesia, on Madura Strait. Established by the Dutch in 1707, it…
(Encyclopedia) Taitung or T'ai-tungTaitungboth: tīˈd&oobreve;ngˈ [key], city (2010 pop. 110,901), W Taiwan. Rice, sugarcane, and peanuts are the major crops marketed and processed in Taitung. The…
(Encyclopedia) Can ThoCan Thokăn tō, kəntôˈ [key], city (1989 est. pop. 284,306), S Vietnam, a port on the Mekong River delta. A large industrial area, where rice and fish are traded, it is the seat…
ARCHER, William Reynolds, Jr., a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., March 22, 1928; attended private schools in Houston and Rice University, 1945-1946; B.B.A. and…
GASQUE, Elizabeth Hawley, (Mrs. A.J. Van Exem) (wife of Allard Henry Gasque), a Representative from South Carolina; born Elizabeth Mills Hawley on February 26, 1886, near Blythewood, on Rice…
