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(Encyclopedia)Hajj Omar: see Hajj Umar, al-.Obeid, El
(Encyclopedia)Obeid, El: see Al Ubayyid, Sudan. ...Simon, Théodore
(Encyclopedia)Simon, Théodore: see Binet, Alfred. ...Epiphany
(Encyclopedia)Epiphany ĭpĭfˈənē [key] [Gr.,=showing], a prime Christian feast, celebrated Jan. 6, called also Twelfth Day or Little Christmas. Its eve is Twelfth Night. It commemorates three events—the bapti...White, Ellen Gould (Harmon)
(Encyclopedia)White, Ellen Gould (Harmon), 1827–1915, leader of the Seventh-day Adventists, b. Gorham, Maine. Converted at the age of 15 to the beliefs of the Adventists, she began to receive visions accepted as ...sidereal time
(Encyclopedia)sidereal time (ST), time measured relative to the fixed stars; thus, the sidereal day is the period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis so that some chosen star appears twice on ...Chemical Ali
(Encyclopedia)Chemical Ali: see Majid, Ali Hassan al-. ...Gadhafi, Moammar El-
(Encyclopedia)Gadhafi, Moammar El-: see Qaddafi, Muammar al-. ...Kut-el-Amara
(Encyclopedia)Kut-el-Amara: see Al Kut, Iraq.Shatt el Arab
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