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1854–1926, American sociologist, b. Buckfield, Maine, grad. Colby College, 1876, and further educated in Germany. He was made president of Colby in ...
(s l ´n s) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, part bestial and part human creature of the forests and mountains. Part of Dionysus’ entourage, the sileni a...
(s nd) (KEY) , province (1998 pop. 29,991,161), c.50,000 sq mi (129,500 sq km), SE Pakistan, roughly coextensive with the lower Indus River valley and...
1792?–1860, governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company in Canada (1821–56), b. Scotland. In 1820 he was sent by the Hudson’s Bay Company to Canada, ...
1886–1934, son of Robert, last duke of Parma. While serving as an officer in the Belgian army, he was the intermediary for his brother-in-law, Emper...
channel, 30 mi (48 km) long and 10 mi (16.1 km) wide, between Singapore island and the Riau Archipelago, Indonesia. It links the Strait of Malacca wit...