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Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Lake Mead National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Lake Mead National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Lake Meredith National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Ross Lake National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Ross Lake National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Christmasberry
(Encyclopedia)Christmasberry or toyon tōˈyən [key], evergreen tree or shrub (Photinia arbutifolia) of the family Rosaceae (rose family), found on the Pacific coast of North America. Its white flowers are followe...Hvorostovsky, Dmitri Aleksandrovich
(Encyclopedia)Hvorostovsky, Dmitri Aleksandrovich, 1962–2017, Russian lyric baritone, b. Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. Known for his passionate and vocally mellifluous performances, broad repertoire, superb technique, an...sea pansy
(Encyclopedia)sea pansy, fleshy, leaf-shaped colony of marine organisms belonging to the genus Renilla in the same phylum as the jellyfish. The colony consists of a stalk formed by a large organism called a primary...Pôrto Alegre
(Encyclopedia)Pôrto Alegre pōrˈto͝o əlĕˈgrə [key], city (1991 pop. 1,263,403), capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, SE Brazil, on the Guaíba River. One of the chief industrial and commercial centers of Braz...Prada, Miuccia
(Encyclopedia)Prada, Miuccia, 1949–, Italian fashion designer, b. Milan as Maria Bianchi. She studied political science (Ph.D. Univ. of Milan, 1973) and then studied and performed mime at Milan's Teatro Piccolo. ...Browse by Subject
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