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Fishes, The

(Encyclopedia) Fishes, The, English name for Pisces, a constellation.

Twins, The

(Encyclopedia) Twins, The, English name for Gemini, a constellation.

Archer, The

(Encyclopedia) Archer, The, English name for Sagittarius, a constellation.

Bull, The

(Encyclopedia) Bull, The, English name for Taurus, a constellation.

Hanau

(Encyclopedia) Hanau Hanau häˈnou [key], city, Hesse, central Germany, on the Main and Kinzig rivers. It is…

Crane, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Crane, Walter, 1845–1915, English designer, illustrator, and painter. As a painter he is grouped with the later Pre-Raphaelites, but he is better known for his illustrations of the…

Manco Capac, legendary founder of the Inca dynasty of Peru

(Encyclopedia) Manco CapacManco Capacmängˈkō käpäkˈ [key], legendary founder of the Inca dynasty of Peru. According to the most frequently told story, four brothers, Manco Capac, Ayar Anca, Ayar…

Mary, the mother of Jesus

(Encyclopedia) Mary, in the Bible, mother of Jesus. Christian tradition reckons her the principal saint, naming her variously the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady, and Mother of God (Gr., theotokos).…

Babbitt, Natalie

(Encyclopedia) Babbitt, Natalie, 1932–2016, American children's book author and illustrator, b. Dayton, Ohio, as Natalie Zane Moore, grad. Smith College, 1954. She illustrated The Forty-Ninth…

George Vernon HANSEN, Congress, ID (1930)

HANSEN, George Vernon, a Representative from Idaho; born in Tetonia, Teton County, Idaho, September 14, 1930; attended public schools; Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho, B.A., 1956; did graduate…