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Big Stone Lake

(Encyclopedia)Big Stone Lake, narrow lake, c.25 mi (40 km) long, on the Minn.–S.Dak. line. Located in the outlet channel of glacial Lake Agassiz, it is the source of the Minnesota River and serves as a storage re...

Weyburn

(Encyclopedia)Weyburn wāˈbərn [key], city (1991 pop. 9,673), SE Sask., Canada, SE of Regina. A trade center for a wheat-growing and oil-producing region, it has grain elevators and a feed mill. Power-line and tr...

Lloyd, David

(Encyclopedia)Lloyd, David, c.1656–1731, political leader in colonial Pennsylvania, b. Wales. Having been commissioned attorney general of Pennsylvania by William Penn, Lloyd arrived in Philadelphia in 1686. He l...

d'Aubission, Roberto

(Encyclopedia)d'Aubission, Roberto rōbĕrˈtō dōˌbēsyōnˈ [key], 1944–92, El Savadorean public figure. A former El Salvadorean army major, he founded (1980) the right-wing National Republican Alliance (AREN...

Fauchet, Claude

(Encyclopedia)Fauchet, Claude klōd fōshāˈ [key], 1744–93, French clergyman and revolutionary, constitutional bishop of Calvados. A leader in the attack (1789) on the Bastille, Fauchet was a member of the Comm...

Uitenhage

(Encyclopedia)Uitenhage yo͞oˈtənhāgˌ, oiˈtənhäˌgə [key], town, part of Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan municipality, Eastern Cape prov., S South Africa, on the Zwartkops River. It is an industrial center,...

Spühler, Willy

(Encyclopedia)Spühler, Willy vĭlˈē shpüˈlər [key], 1902–90, Swiss political leader and economist. A Social Democrat, He held several government economic posts and served (1938–59) in the federal assembly...

Buffalo City

(Encyclopedia)Buffalo City, metropolitan municipality, Eastern Cape prov., South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. East London is the municipal...

Camphausen, Ludolf

(Encyclopedia)Camphausen, Ludolf lo͞oˈdôlf kämpˈhouzən [key], 1803–90, Prussian statesman and businessman. A leading merchant in Cologne, he headed the liberal ministry appointed by King Frederick William I...

rhyme

(Encyclopedia)rhyme or rime, the most prominent of the literary artifices used in versification. Although it was used in ancient East Asian poetry, rhyme was practically unknown to the ancient Greeks and Romans. Wi...