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city (1990 pop. 12,195), seat of Scurry co., NW Tex., in a prairie and mesquite region; inc. 1907. Oil production is the city’s main industry; natur...
(both: yä´k p vän rois´däl) (KEY) , c.1628–1682, Dutch painter and etcher, the most celebrated of the Dutch landscape painters. He studied with...
(häns m l´ch r) (KEY) , c.1400–1467, outstanding German sculptor and painter of the Swabian school of Ulm. Early in life he traveled to the Nether...
1938–94, British politician. A barrister, he was first elected to Parliament in 1970 as a Labour party member from Scotland. He served as secretary ...
(s lvr t´ , Ger. z lvr t´ä) (KEY) , mountain group of the Alps, in E Switzerland and SW Austria. Its highest peak, Piz Linard (11,185 ft/3,409 m) i...
(smûr´d s) (KEY) , d. c.528 B.C., second son of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia. He is also called Bardiya. He was assassinated by his brother Camby...