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Millar, Kenneth

(Encyclopedia)Millar, Kenneth: see Macdonald, Ross. ...

Armstrong, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Armstrong, Henry, 1912–88, American boxer, b. Columbus, Miss. He was originally named Henry Jackson. He began his professional career in 1931, and soon became known as a strong and tireless puncher....

McMurdo Sound

(Encyclopedia)McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: see Ross Sea. ...

Cromarty

(Encyclopedia)Cromarty, county, Scotland: see Ross and Cromarty. ...

Watie, Stand

(Encyclopedia)Watie, Stand wätˈē [key], 1806–71, Native American leader and Confederate general, b. near Rome, Ga., as Degataga Oowatie. Of mixed white and Cherokee descent, he favored moving in the face of wh...

Delderfield, R. F.

(Encyclopedia)Delderfield, R. F. (Ronald Frederick Delderfield), 1912–73, English writer, b. London. He did not start writing novels until he was 44, after having been a successful playwright and newspaperman. Hi...

Dingwall

(Encyclopedia)Dingwall dĭngˈwôl, –wəl [key], town, Highland, N Scotland, at the head of Cromarty Firth. It is ...

Whales, Bay of

(Encyclopedia)Whales, Bay of: see Ross Sea; Antarctica. ...

Bay of Whales

(Encyclopedia)Bay of Whales: see Ross Sea; Antarctica. ...

Pelly

(Encyclopedia)Pelly, river, c.330 mi (530 km) long, rising W of the Mackenzie Mts., S central Yukon, Canada, and flowing generally northwest to join the Yukon River at Fort Selkirk. The Pelly receives the Ross and ...