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Middlesborough

(Encyclopedia)Middlesborough, city (1990 pop. 11,328), Bell co., S Ky., in the Cumberland Mts. near the point where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet; inc. 1890. It is a coal-mining center with meat and coal p...

Morse Code (table)

(Encyclopedia)Morse Code International Morse Code American Morse CodeThe American Morse differs in the following symbols: ...

Trigonometric Functions (table)

(Encyclopedia)Trigonometric Functions

Radio Frequencies (table)

(Encyclopedia)Radio Frequencies

L'Amour, Louis

(Encyclopedia)L'Amour, Louis, 1908–88, American writer of western fiction, b. Jamestown, N.Dak., as Louis Dearborn LaMoore. He began writing in the 1940s, contributing stories to magazines under the name Tex Burn...

Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

(Encyclopedia)Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: see under Nobel Prize; for a table of the winners of the prize, see Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred N...

Presidents of Mexico since the Constitution of 1917 (table)

(Encyclopedia)Presidents of Mexico since the Constitution of 1917 ...

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

(Encyclopedia)Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Canyons of the Ancients National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Evert, Christine Marie

(Encyclopedia)Evert, Christine Marie ĕvˈərt [key], 1954–, American tennis player, b. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Noted for her poise on the court, her strong, two-handed backhand, and her nearly flawless baseline ga...