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river, 1,038 mi (1,670 km) long, NW United States, the chief tributary of the Columbia; once called the Lewis River. The Snake rises in NW Wyoming, in...
( nyä´tsy s l ´n ) (KEY) , 1900–1978, Italian novelist and journalist, whose original name was Secondo Tranquilli. A Socialist and for a time a ...
(Samuel Jackson Snead) (sn d) (KEY) , 1912–2002, American golfer, b. Ashwood, Va. An outstanding high school athlete, he turned to golf after injuri...
(s ´l j) (KEY) or ensilage ( n´s l j) (KEY) , succulent, moist feed made by storing a green crop in a silo. The crop most used for silage is corn; ...
(h p´s kl z) (KEY) , astronomer of ancient Greece. Some authorities place Hypsicles in the 2d cent. B.C. and some in the 2d cent. A.D. The 14th and 1...
(s r´ l ´n , l n´; s r´ l n) (KEY) , officially Republic of Sierra Leone, republic (1995 est. pop. 4,753,000), 27,699 sq mi (71,740 sq km), ...