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(kän), 1861–1924, American legislator, b. Germany. He arrived (1866) in California as a child. He studied law in San Francisco, was elected (1892) ...
(t ´ dôr´´ fôn kär´män) (KEY) , 1881–1963, American aeronautical engineer, b. Hungary, grad. Royal Technical Univ., Budapest (1902), and Uni...
(k ´m n) (KEY) , 1913–2002, American biochemist, b. Toronto, Canada, grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.S., Ph.D. 1937). He discovered carbon-14, the radioa...
(käm´p n) (KEY) , town (1994 pop. 32,550), Overijssel prov., central Netherlands, on the IJssel River, near the IJsselmeer. It is a trade and indust...
(k ´lôch ) (KEY) , town (1991 est. pop. 18,200), S Hungary, near the Danube River. It is an agricultural center and is famed for its embroidery and ...
(kä´l mnôs) (KEY) , mountainous island (1991 pop. 15,706), 41 sq mi (106 sq km), SE Greece, one of the Dodecanese, 11 mi (18 km) off the coast of A...