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(Encyclopedia) Day, William Rufus, 1849–1923, American statesman and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1903–22), b. Ravenna, Ohio. Admitted (1872) to the bar, Day practiced law in Ohio and served (188...

(Encyclopedia) Day, John, 1522–84, English printer. At his London shop Day designed and made type for himself, but not for sale. His types included musical notes and the first Anglo-Saxon type. He printed the firs...

(Encyclopedia) All-American Canal, 80 mi (129 km) long, SE Calif.; part of the federal irrigation system of the Hoover Dam. Built between 1934 and 1940 across the Colorado Desert, the canal is entirely within the Un...

(Encyclopedia) Seventh-day Adventists: see Adventists. ...

(Encyclopedia) Atonement, Day of: see Yom Kippur. ...

(Encyclopedia) eight-hour day: see labor law.

(Encyclopedia) Six-Day War: see Arab-Israeli Wars. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ben Day, or Benday, process: see printing. ...

(Encyclopedia) harvest customs, practices associated with the celebration of the gathering of agricultural crops. The gathering of the harvest—the climax of the year's labors wherever the soil is cultivated—has ...