(Encyclopedia) GezerGezergēˈzər [key], ancient city of Canaan, on the coastal plain of Sharon, NW of Jerusalem. Its position guarding the road from Jerusalem to Jaffa has always given it importance,…
(Encyclopedia) Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. army officer, b. Culpeper co., Va.; brother of George Strother Gaines. He spent his boyhood in Tennessee and at the age of 22 joined the U.S.…
(Encyclopedia) fox terrier, breed of long-legged terrier developed over several centuries in England. There are two varieties, the smooth and the wirehaired. The coat of the former is dense, short,…
1872Mary Celeste: the brigantine set sail from New York harbor for Genoa, Italy, on Nov. 5. A British brigantine, the DeGratia, discovered the ship derelict on Dec. 5 and boarded her. Everyone…
rock group The members of Son Volt (1994–present) hail from Belleville, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, but their music is most often labelled with a hybrid including the term “country.”…
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The Question: What does the name "Hoosier" mean? The Answer: The word "Hoosier" has been associated with the state of Indiana and its inhabitants since the 1830s…
(Irving Rhames)film, television, and stage actorBorn: 5/12/1959Birthplace: New York City Rhames is best known for playing seedy, often villainous, characters, such as Marsellus Wallace in Pulp…
(Encyclopedia) chloropicrinchloropicrinklōrˌəpĭkˈrĭn [key], colorless oily liquid used as a poison gas. It is a powerful irritant, causing lachrymation, vomiting, bronchitis, and pulmonary edema;…
(Encyclopedia) Broecker, Wallace SmithBroecker, Wallace Smithbrōkˈər [key], 1931–2019, American geophysicist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Columbia, 1958. He was a member of Columbia's faculty from 1959. In the…
