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(sm l nsk´, smô–, Rus. sm ly nsk´) (KEY) , city (1989 pop. 341,000), capital of Smolensk region, W European Russia, a port on the Dnieper River. ...
(sh l f´t ´´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 31,050), Västerbotten co., NE Sweden, on the Skellefteälven River inland from its mouth on the Gulf of Bot...
(s l ´strä) (KEY) , town (1993 pop. 48,287), NE Bulgaria, a port on the Danube River bordering Romania. Products include textiles, furniture, foodst...
(sl ´f r) (KEY) , 1875–1969, American astronomer, b. Mulberry, Ind. From 1901 he was at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz., where he served as di...
1813–83, American gynecologist, b. Lancaster co., S.C., M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1835. He practiced in Mt. Meigs, Ala. A surgeo...
(Walter Wellesley Smith), 1905–82, American sportswriter, b. Green Bay, Wis., grad. Notre Dame, 1927. After working on newspapers in St. Louis and P...