(Encyclopedia) ParícutinParícutinpärēˈk&oomacr;tēn [key], active volcano, c.8,200 ft (2,500 m) high, Michoacán state, W central Mexico. In one of the most spectacular eruptions of modern times,…
(Encyclopedia) Asunción Asunción äs&oomacr;nsyōˈn [key], city, S Paraguay, capital of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River. It is the principal port and chief industrial and…
(Encyclopedia) EscorialEscorialĕskôrˈēəl, Span. āskōrēälˈ [key] or EscurialEscorialĕsky&oobreve;rˈēəl [key], monastery and palace, in New Castile, central Spain, near Madrid. One of the finest…
(Encyclopedia) caudillocaudillokôdēlˈyō Span. kouᵺēˈyō [key], [Span.,= military strongman], type of South American political leader that arose with the 19th-century wars of independence. The first…
OPEN Laser: 1. Ben Ainslie, GBR (42 pts); 2. Robert Scheidt, BRA (44); 3. Michael Blackburn, AUS (60). Tornado: 1. Hans Peter Steinacher & Roman Hagara, AUT (16 pts); 2. John Forbes &…
OâHARA, Barratt, a Representative from Illinois; born in Saint Joseph, Berrien County, Mich., April 28, 1882; attended the public schools of Berrien Springs and Benton Harbor, Mich.; went to…
O’HARA, Barratt, a Representative from Illinois; born in Saint Joseph, Berrien County, Mich., April 28, 1882; attended the public schools of Berrien Springs and Benton Harbor, Mich.; went to…
