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system of astronomical dating that allows the difference between two dates to be calculated more easily than conventional civil calendars with their u...
(y l´y r) (KEY) , pass, 7,504 ft (2,287 m) high, Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, connecting the Upper Engadine Valley to the Oberhalbstein Valley. Us...
feminine name in the Julian gens. 1 Died 54 B.C., daughter of Julius Caesar and wife of Pompey. By her grace and tact she maintained the bond between ...
( rnst yüng´ r) (KEY) , 1895–1998, German writer. Jünger’s early war novels were based on arduous army experience. Strongly influenced by Nietz...
(j r´ , Fr. zhürä´, Ger. y ´rä) (KEY) , mountain range, part of the Alpine system, E France and NW Switzerland, occupying parts of the French re...
1928–94, American artist, b. Excelsior Springs, Mo. His sculpture, allied with the minimalist school of the late 1960s (see minimalism; modern art),...