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(Encyclopedia)Khartoum kärto͞omˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 947,483), capital of Sudan, a port at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers. Khartoum is Sudan's second largest city and its administrative...Schindler, Oskar
(Encyclopedia)Schindler, Oskar, 1908–74, German industrialist who saved more than a thousand Jews during the Holocaust. A Catholic and a member of the National Socialist (Nazi) party, Schindler relocated (1939) t...Wood, Clement
(Encyclopedia)Wood, Clement, 1888–1950, American writer, b. Tuscaloosa, Ala., grad. Univ. of Alabama, 1909, LL.B. Yale, 1911. Among his many works are books on the craft of poetry; biographies, including a critic...Bogra
(Encyclopedia)Bogra bŏgˈrə [key], town, N Bangladesh, on the Karatoya River, a tributary of the Jamuna. ...Zahedan
(Encyclopedia)Zahedan zähādänˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 361,623), capital of Sistan and Baluchistan prov., SE Iran, near the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan. One of Iran's poorer cities, Zahedan is a road j...Tigre
(Encyclopedia)Tigre tēˈgrā [key], city (1991 pop. 256,005), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. A railroad terminus and river port with good road connections, Tigre is a market for the fruit grown in the surroundin...Beeroth
(Encyclopedia)Beeroth bē-ēˈrŏth, bēˈĭ– [key], in the Bible. 1 City important as a road station, now Bira (West Bank). 2 Same as Bene-jaakan. ...Cameron, Simon
(Encyclopedia)Cameron, Simon kămˈərən [key], 1799–1889, American politician and financier, b. Lancaster co., Pa. From humble beginnings he rose to be a newspaper publisher and with considerable success branch...Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Browse by Subject
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