(Encyclopedia) PenzancePenzancepĕnzănsˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 18,501), Cornwall, SW England, at the head of Mounts Bay. Penzance is a resort and a port for the Scilly Islands. It also has flour…
wife of the younger son of Japan's emperor, gave birth to a boy in September. The child's birth spares Japan a controversial debate over whether women should be allowed to ascend to the…
(Encyclopedia) Erskine, John, 1879–1951, American educator, author, and musician, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1900; Ph.D., 1903). He taught first at Amherst (1903–9) and then at Columbia…
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Albany
ălˈbənē
[key], town, Western Australia, SW Australia. It is a port on Princess Royal Harbour of King
George Sound. The town has woolen mills…
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, James Hamilton, 3d marquess and 1st duke of, 1606–49, Scottish nobleman; grandson of John Hamilton, 1st marquess of Hamilton. He succeeded (1625) his father as marquess of…
(Encyclopedia) Charles XI, 1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), son and successor of Charles X. Charles ascended the throne at the age of five, so a council of regency ruled until 1672. The regency…
(Encyclopedia) Pigou, Arthur CecilPigou, Arthur Cecilpĭˈg&oomacr; [key], 1877–1959, British economist, grad. King's College, Cambridge. He was a lecturer at University College, London, and at…
13, Welsh soprano, took the world by storm with the release of her appropriately titled debut album, Voice of an Angel. She has performed for Queen Elizabeth, Pope John Paul II, and…
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