(Encyclopedia) Big SiouxBig Siouxs&oomacr; [key], river, 420 mi (676 km) long, rising in NE S.Dak. and flowing S into the Missouri River. It passes through an agricultural region that produces…
(Encyclopedia) Big Rapids, city (2020 pop. 7,727),
seat of Mecosta co., W central Mich., at the falls of the Muskegon River;
inc. 1869. Agriculture and…
(Encyclopedia) Big Ben, the bell in the Parliament tower (Westminster Palace), London, England. It was named for Sir Benjamin Hall, commissioner of works when the bell was installed in 1856. The name…
(Encyclopedia) Big Spring, city (2020 pop. 26,144),
seat of Howard co., W central Tex.; inc. 1907. The spring for which it was
named once fed a branch…
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To a man, Dearest, except this to thee,
Which now upon my fingers thoughtfully
I ring out to the full brown length and say
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(Encyclopedia) brown dwarf, in astronomy, celestial body that is larger than a planet but does not have sufficient mass to convert hydrogen into helium via nuclear fusion as stars do. Also called “…
