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( b´ sh g) (KEY) , in the Bible, Shunammite woman, David’s attendant in his old age and the indirect cause of Adonijah’s murder....
(äkäh t´lä) (KEY) , town (1993 17,233), SW El Salvador, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a coffee and fishing port, a railroad terminus, and a resort. ...
1763–1853, American architect, b. New York City. He was chiefly known for the New York City Hall (1803–12), one of the finest American buildings o...
1759–1828, American architect, b. Tortola, British Virgin Islands, He studied (1781–84) medicine at Edinburgh but received his medical degree (178...
natural radioactive decay series beginning with uranium-235 (also called actinouranium) and ending with lead-207. See radioactivity....
(j z p´p ärch mbôl´d ) (KEY) , 1537–93, Italian painter. Court painter to the Hapsburg kings, Arcimboldo is celebrated for his grotesque, reali...