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101Chatham Roberdeau Wheat — Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat Chatham Roberdeau Wheat (April 9, 1826 – June 27, 1862) was a Captain in the United States Army Volunteers during the Mexican War, Louisiana State Representative, lawyer, mercenary in Cuba, Mexico, and Italy,… …
102Matthew William Thompson — (1 February 1820 – 1 December 1891) was a British railway director and Liberal Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford in West Yorkshire at a by election in 1867, but did not contest the 1868 general… …
103History of rugby union in Scotland — This article details the History of Scottish rugby.Early history (pre 1867)Until the mid nineteenth century the distinction between rugby football and association football (soccer) did not exist in Scotland so both codes share the same history.… …
104Marquette Iron Range — The Marquette Iron Range is a deposit of iron ore located in Marquette County, Michigan, largely in and around the towns of Ishpeming and Negaunee. It is a smaller counterpart of Minnesota s Mesabi Range. The iron ore of the Marquette Range has… …
105ascendancy — /euh sen deuhn see/, n. the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination. Also, ascendency, ascendance, ascendence. [1705 15; ASCEND(ANT) + ANCY] Syn. primacy, predominance, command, sovereignty, mastery,… …
106ascendant — /euh sen deuhnt/, n. 1. a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position. 2. an ancestor; forebear. 3. Astrol. the point of the… …
107Irene — /uy ree nee/ for 1; /uy reen / or, esp. Brit., /uy ree nee/ for 2, n. 1. Class. Myth. one of the Horae, the personification of peace. 2. Also, Irena /uy ree neuh, i ray neuh/. A female given name. * * * (as used in expressions) Castle Vernon and… …
108savanna — /seuh van euh/, n. 1. a plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, esp. on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa. 2. grassland region with scattered trees, grading into either open… …
109Goldsmid, Benjamin and Abraham — ▪ British financiers Respectively, born 1755, Amsterdam died April 15, 1808 born 1756, Amsterdam died Sept. 28, 1810, Morden, Surrey, Eng. financiers and philanthropists who, as associates of the British prime minister William Pitt the… …
110Congo, flag of the Democratic Republic of the — ▪ Flag History also called flag of Congo Kinshasa national flag consisting of a blue field (background) with a yellow bordered red diagonal stripe running from the lower hoist to the upper fly corner and, in the upper hoist corner, a… …
