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Annapolis
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[key], city (2020 pop. 40,812), state capital and seat of Anne Arundel co., central Md., on
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(Encyclopedia) Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour, 1842–1900, English composer, famous for a series of brilliant comic operas written in collaboration with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. As a boy he sang in…
(Encyclopedia) Louis XIV, 1638–1715, king of France (1643–1715), son and successor of King Louis XIII.
Although he had a series of mistresses, Louis XIV finally came under the influence of Mme de…
The False CollarThe Little Match GirlThe Shadow It is in the hot lands that the sun burns, sure enough! there the people become quite a mahogany brown, ay, and in the HOTTEST lands they…
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None of the Above This year's dismal election outlook by Beth Rowen This feature appeared in November 1998. "Waitress moms" are content with President Clinton's performance, though…
CORNWELL David Lance , a Representative from Indiana; born in Paoli, Orange County, Ind.,
June 14, 1945; attended Paoli public schools, Culver (Ind.) Military Academy,
Phillips Andover (Mass.)…
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