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Koch, Jim

(Encyclopedia)Koch, Jim (C. James Koch) ko͝ok [key], 1949–, American brewery executive, b. Cincinnati. Although he came from a family of brewers, he initially worked for Outward Bound and as a manufacturing cons...

Gwangju

(Encyclopedia)Gwangju or Kwangju gwängˈjo͞oˈ [key], city, metropolitan city located in but independent of South Jeolla ...

ale

(Encyclopedia)ale: see beer.

porter

(Encyclopedia)porter: see beer.

brewing

(Encyclopedia)brewing: see beer.

stout

(Encyclopedia)stout, alcoholic beverage: see beer. ...

Lahai-roi

(Encyclopedia)Lahai-roi bēˈər– [key], in the Bible, a well, probably near Kadesh-barnea. ...

Wuppertal

(Encyclopedia)Wuppertal vo͝opˈərtäl [key], city (1994 pop. 386,625), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Wupper River. It is an industrial center, formed in 1929 by the merger of Barmen, Elberfeld, Vohw...

Volstead, Andrew Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Volstead, Andrew Joseph vŏlˈstĕd [key], 1860–1947, American legislator, b. Goodhue co., Minn. A lawyer, he held several local offices in Minnesota before serving (1903–23) in the U.S. House of ...

law of simple multiple proportions

(Encyclopedia)law of simple multiple proportions, in chemistry, the statement that when two or more elements form more than one compound, the ratio of the weights of one element that combine with a given weight of ...