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or Siwa (both: s ´wä) (KEY) , oasis, c.35 sq mi (90 sq km), NW Egypt, in the Libyan (Western) Desert. Dates and tea are grown in the oasis, parts of...
in U.S. history, political party formed to promote public control of the means of production and distribution. In 1898 the Social Democratic party was...
1764–1840, British admiral. He was a distinguished commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and is especially remembered for his de...
tube through which a submarine or diver can draw air while underwater. When in use, the top of the snorkel tube extends above the water surface into t...
common name for certain sea birds resembling the related tern. Skimmers (genus Rhynchops) have long, laterally compressed bills of which the lower man...
1792–1868, American humorist, b. Buckfield, Maine. He founded the Portland Courier in 1829 and in it began (1830) a series of humorous letters on po...