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101Woods, Lake of the — Lake astride the Canadian U.S. boundary, southwestern Ontario, southeastern Manitoba, and northern Minnesota. Irregular in shape, it is 70 mi (110 km) long and up to 60 mi (95 km) wide. It has an area of 1,727 sq mi (4,472 sq km), of which 642 sq …
102horse racing — Sport of running horses at speed. Typically, Thoroughbreds are raced with a rider astride and Standardbreds with the horse pulling a conveyance with a driver. Though racing has an ancient lineage, the first regularly organized national races were …
103Bailey, Jerry — ▪ 2005 When the 2003 Thoroughbred racing Eclipse Awards were handed out on Jan. 26, 2004, Jerry Bailey was proclaimed the outstanding jockey in North America for an unprecedented seventh time (1995–97 and 2000–03); in 1997 he had been the… …
104Fehn, Sverre — ▪ 1998 In 1997 the Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded by the Hyatt Foundation to Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn, who for nearly half a century toiled both in the shadows of the great modern architects and, especially, in the long… …
105military technology — Introduction range of weapons, equipment, structures, and vehicles used specifically for the purpose of fighting. It includes the knowledge required to construct such technology, to employ it in combat, and to repair and replenish it.… …
106western Africa, history of — Introduction history of the region from the 11th century to the present. A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …
107U.S. Operations Plan Neptune — ▪ Primary Source The “Neptune” Initial Joint Plan, presented in early February 1944 by the joint commanders of the Allied expeditionary forces charged with invading northwestern Europe, stipulated that the two separate armies of the… …
108Operation Michael — Part of the Western Front of World War I …
10913th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion — 13e Demi Brigade de Légion Étrangère Badge of the 13th Foreign Legion Demi Brigade Active 20 February 1940 Country …
110Death by burning — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …
