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Gotthard Tunnel

(Encyclopedia)Gotthard Tunnel: see Saint Gotthard, mountain group. ...

Fujiyama

(Encyclopedia)Fujiyama, mountain, Japan: see Fuji, Mount. ...

Tien Shan

(Encyclopedia)Tien Shan, mountain system: see Tian Shan. ...

Clingmans Dome

(Encyclopedia)Clingmans Dome, mountain, Tenn.: see Great Smoky Mountains. ...

White Hill, battle of the

(Encyclopedia)White Hill, battle of the: see White Mountain. ...

Khingan, Great

(Encyclopedia)Khingan, Great, mountain range, China: see Hinggan Ling, Da. ...

Suresnes

(Encyclopedia)Suresnes sürĕnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 36,950), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, a residential and industrial suburb of Paris. Its manufactures include automobiles, aeronautic equipment, and...

Burke, Kenneth Duva

(Encyclopedia)Burke, Kenneth Duva, 1897–1993, American critic, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. He was music critic for The Dial (1927–29) and The Nation (1934–36). A profound thinker whose writings have influenced other c...

rationalism

(Encyclopedia)rationalism [Lat.,=belonging to reason], in philosophy, a theory that holds that reason alone, unaided by experience, can arrive at basic truth regarding the world. Associated with rationalism is the ...

Allingham, William

(Encyclopedia)Allingham, William, 1824–89, English poet, b. Donegal, Ireland. He is best known for his short lyrics, most notably “The Fairies,” beginning “Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen.” ...