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Ixtacihuatl, or Ixtaccihuatl (all: s´´täs ´wät l) (KEY) [Aztec,=white woman], dormant volcano, 17,342 ft (5,286 m) high, central Mexico, on the...
( z´ rd) (KEY) , 1742–1804, American diplomat and legislator, b. near Charleston, S.C. After an education in England, he returned (1764) to South C...
(j k´ b nz) (KEY) , political club of the French Revolution. Formed in 1789 by the Breton deputies to the States-General, it was reconstituted as the...
( k´s n) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, king of the Lapithes. Ixion murdered his father-in-law to avoid paying a price for his bride. When no one on ea...
(Joseph Jefferson Jackson), 1887–1951, American baseball player, b. Brandon Mills, S.C. Holder of the third highest (.356) career batting average in...
( ´w j ´m , ´wô) (KEY) , Jap. Io-jima, volcanic island, c.8 sq mi (21 sq km), W Pacific, largest and most important of the Volcano Islands. Mt. ...