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Bonneville Dam
(Encyclopedia)Bonneville Dam bŏnˈəvĭl [key], one of the major dams on the Columbia River where it passes through the Cascade Mts., between Oregon and Wash. The dam, 2,690 ft (820 m) long and 197 ft (60 m) high,...Siauliai
(Encyclopedia)Siauliai shēouˈlyī [key], Ger. Schaulen, Rus. Shavli, city (1993 pop. 147,800), N Lithuania. It is a rail hub and has railroad repair shops. Siauliai is also a major tanning, shoe-manufacturing, an...Worcester, Noah
(Encyclopedia)Worcester, Noah wo͝osˈtər [key], 1758–1837, American Congregational clergyman, b. Hollis, N.H. He was pastor (1787–1810) at Thornton, N.H. From 1813 to 1818 he was the first editor of the Chris...Nobel Prizes (table)
(Encyclopedia)Nobel PrizesPassy, Frédéric
(Encyclopedia)Passy, Frédéric frādārēkˈ päsēˈ [key], 1822–1912, French economist, winner (1901, with J. H. Dunant) of the first Nobel Peace Prize. He studied law but abandoned it for journalism and the s...Moneta, Ernesto Teodoro
(Encyclopedia)Moneta, Ernesto Teodoro ārnĕsˈtō tāōᵺôˈrō mōnĕˈ-tä [key], 1833–1918, Italian editor and pacifist; winner of the 1907 Nobel Peace Prize. He joined the movement for Italian unification,...Ahtisaari, Martti Oiva Kalevi
(Encyclopedia)Ahtisaari, Martti Oiva Kalevi äkhˈtēsärrē [key], 1937–, Finnish diplomat, political leader, and international mediator; grad. Univ. of Oulu (1959). Joining (1965) the foreign affairs ministry, ...Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent, marquis de
(Encyclopedia)Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent, marquis de lōräNˈ märkēˈ də go͞ovyôNˈ-săN-sēr [key], 1764–1830, marshal of France. He served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was made mars...Cesis
(Encyclopedia)Cesis tsāˈsēs, –zēz [key], Ger. Wenden, town, central Latvia, on the Gauja River. It is...Carlson, Evans Fordyce
(Encyclopedia)Carlson, Evans Fordyce, 1896–1947, U.S. marine officer, b. Delaware co., N.Y. Enlisting at 16 in the army, he served in the Philippines and Hawaii and in France during World War I. In the U.S. marin...Browse by Subject
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