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Mel Blanc

actor, voice specialistBorn: 5/30/1908Birthplace: San Francisco Originally a musician, he entered radio acting in 1933 and later gained fame as the voice of hundreds of popular and beloved animated…

Holidays in America

The major federal, religious, traditional, and informal holidays celebrated in the United States Choose a Holiday: New Year's DayEpiphanyMartin Luther King's BirthdayMawild al-NabiGroundhog…

Lion, The

(Encyclopedia) Lion, The, English name for Leo, a constellation.

Law, the

(Encyclopedia) Law, the, in Judaism: see Torah.

Lizard, The

(Encyclopedia) Lizard, The, peninsula, Cornwall, SW England. Its southern extremity (the southernmost point of Great Britain) is called Lizard Point or Lizard Head. The coast has colored serpentine…

Lusiads, The

(Encyclopedia) Lusiads, The: see Camões, Luís de.

Arctic, the

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Arctic, the northernmost area of the earth, centered on the North Pole. The arctic regions are not coextensive with the area enclosed by the Arctic Circle (lat. 66°30′N) but are…

Archer, The

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

Narrows, the

(Encyclopedia) Narrows, the, strait: see New York Bay.

Mountain, the

(Encyclopedia) Mountain, the, in French history, the label applied to deputies sitting on the raised left benches in the National Convention during the French Revolution. Members of the faction,…