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(Encyclopedia) New York, New Haven, and Hartford RR, commonly called the New Haven RR; inc. 1872. Between 1872 and 1920, when dozens of small railroads were completed under the direction of financier John P. Morgan ...
(Encyclopedia) Butler, Pierce, 1866–1939, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1923–39), b. Dakota co., Minn. Admitted (1888) to the bar, he practiced in St. Paul, specialized in railroad law, and became...
(Encyclopedia) Caltanissetta
kälˌtänēs-sĕtˈtä
[key], city, capital of Caltanissetta prov., central Sicily, Italy. It is
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(Encyclopedia) San Nicolás de los Garzas sän nēkōläsˈ dā lōs gärˈsäs [key], city (1990 pop. 436,603), Nuevo León state, N Mexico, in the Santa Catarina valley. It is situated on a major highway in a pred...
(Encyclopedia) Andújar
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[key], city, Jaén prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Guadalquivir River. Its
pottery and its water-cooling jars made of porous stone are famous....
(Encyclopedia) Moffat Tunnel mŏfˈət [key], railroad tube, 24 ft (7.3 m) high, 18 ft (5.5 m) wide, and 6.4 mi (10.3 km) long, N central Colo., in the Continental Divide, NW of Denver. One of the country's longest ...
(Encyclopedia) Sassoferrato säsˌsōfār-räˈtō [key], 1605–85, Italian painter; pupil of Domenichino. His original name was Giovanni Battista Salvi. He is best known for his sentimental Madonnas, reminiscent o...
(Encyclopedia) Batalha
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[key] [Port.,=battle], town, W central Portugal, just S of Leiria,
in Es...
(Encyclopedia) Graciosa
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[key], island, 24 sq mi (62 sq km), Angra do Heroísmo dist., in the
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(Encyclopedia) Uccello, Paolo päˈōlō o͞ot-chĕlˈlō [key], c.1396–1475, Florentine painter. Uccello was little appreciated in his own time, and much of his work has been destroyed or is in poor condition. Al...