TV personalityBorn: 2/14/1921Birthplace: Akron, Ohio Radio announcer who became a popular TV personality when he joined Jack Paar's The Tonight Show (1957–62). An erudite man who wowed audiences…
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(Encyclopedia) Louise, Lake, 11&fslsh;2 mi (2.4 km) long, alt. 5,680 ft (1,731 m), SW Alta., Canada, in the Rocky Mts., in Banff National Park. Noted for its scenic beauty, it is surrounded by…
(Encyclopedia) ceremony, expression of shared feelings and attitudes through more or less formally ordered actions of an essentially symbolic nature performed on appropriate occasions. A ceremony…
(Encyclopedia) Duncan, Robert, 1919–88, American poet, b. Oakland, Calif. He was a leading poet of the San Francisco renaissance during the late 1940s. His lyric style contains private allusions,…
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(Encyclopedia) Nelson, river, c.400 mi (640 km) long, issuing from the northeast end of Lake Winnipeg, central Man., Canada, and flowing NE to Hudson Bay at Port Nelson. With the Bow–South…
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