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(s m´ s) (KEY) , small river, NW Turkey, a tributary of the Scamander. It was the scene of many legendary events of Asia Minor, particularly during ...
(syôN) (KEY) , Ger. Sitten, town (1993 pop. 25,300), capital of Valais canton, SW Switzerland, on the Rhône River. An ancient town, Sion is now a wi...
in winter sports, a type of small, very low, steel-frame sled on which one person, lying face down, slides headfirst down snowy hillsides or down stee...
a small, rare fish, Percina tanasi, discovered by a zoologist who was snorkeling in the Little Tennessee River upstream from the projected Tellico Dam...
(zä´m l h n´r kh shväb´ ) (KEY) , 1789–1875, German apothecary and amateur astronomer. In the hope of discovering a new planet between Mercury...
transmission of information by visible, audible, or other detectable means. Since prehistoric times humans have sought and employed ever more effectiv...