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(Encyclopedia) Fort Hood, U.S. army post, 209,000 acres (84,580 hectares), central Tex., near Killeen; est. 1942 on the site of old Fort Gates and named for Confederate Gen. John Hood. It is one of…
Book 20 Book 22 How Achilles fought with the River, and chased the men of Troy within their gates. But when now they came unto the ford of the fair-flowing river, even eddying Xanthos…
(Encyclopedia) Pillars of Hercules, ancient mythological name for promontories flanking the east entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. They are usually identified with Gibraltar in Europe and with Mt…
44, Microsoft chairman, in September pledged $1 billion to send about 1,000 minorities to college. The scholarships will be distributed over the next 20 years to black, Hispanic, Native…
The sign Capricornus or winter solstice. So called because it is the most southern limit of the sun's course in the ecliptic. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
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