(Encyclopedia) Randi, James (Randall James Hamilton Zwinge), 1928–2020, Canadian-American illusionist and psychic investigator, b. Toronto. Performing as “The Amazing Randi,” he was a conjurer and…
(Encyclopedia) UriUri&oomacr;ˈrē [key], canton (1993 pop. 35,500), 415 sq mi (1,075 sq km), central Switzerland, one of the Four Forest Cantons. Altdorf is the capital. The most sparsely…
Leon UrisAge: 78 novelist whose fictional account of the creation of modern Israel, 1958's Exodus, became one of the all-time top bestsellers. He often wrote about war, and his other novels…
TRACY Uri , a Representative from New York;
born in Norwich, West Farms (later Franklin), Conn., February 8, 1764;
was graduated from Yale College in 1789;
became a Presbyterian clergyman and…
(Encyclopedia) See L. Schapiro, The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2d ed. 1971); S. F. Cohen, Rethinking the Soviet Experience (1985); M. Geller, Utopia in Power (1986); S. Carter, Russian…
(Encyclopedia) Four Forest Cantons, the, Ger. Die Vier Waldstätten, in central Switzerland, the cantons of Unterwalden, Schwyz, Uri, and Lucerne, the first Swiss communities to win their freedom…
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(Encyclopedia) OberalpOberalpōˈbər-älp [key], Alpine pass, 6,733 ft (2,052 m) high, between Grisons and Uri cantons, S central Switzerland. Oberalpsee, a small lake, is nearby, and the Alpine peak…
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