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Dall porpoise (from the article "porpoise") The Dall porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is the largest porpoise and the only ... Dall sheep (from the article "Dall sheep") (Ovis dalli), species of bighorn (q.v.).for more general content related to this topic Dalla Hill (from the article "Kano") Dalla Hill (1,753 feet [534 m]) and Goron Dutse Hill (1,697 feet [517 m]) dominate ... Dallaire, Lieut. Gen. Romeo By the time that Canadian Lieut. Gen. Romeo A. Dallaire left Rwanda in 1994, the ... [1 Related Articles] Dallaji, Umaru (from the article "Katsina") ...herdsmen settled in Katsina by the 15th century, and in 1804 the Fulani jihad (holy ... Dallam, Thomas prominent English organ builder, whose sons were also known for their organ-building. Dallan Forgaill chief Irish poet of his time, probably the author of the Amra Choluim Chille, or ... [1 Related Articles] Dallapiccola, Luigi Italian composer, noteworthy for putting the disciplined 12-tone serial technique at the service of warm, ... 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Dallas Zoo municipal zoological garden in Marsalis Park, Dallas, Texas, U.S. It is noted for its fine ... Dallas, Alexander J. (from the article "Dallas, George Mifflin") Dallas was the son of Alexander J. Dallas, secretary of the Treasury (1814-16), and Arabella ... Dallas, George Mifflin 11th vice president of the United States (1845-49) in the Democratic administration of President James ... Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (from the article "airport") ...unit terminal is used wherever an airport passenger terminal system comprises more than one terminal. ... Dalle, Francois Leon Marie-Joseph French business executive (b. March 18, 1918, Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France-d. Aug. 9, 2005, Geneva, Switz.), ... Dalles, The inland port, seat (1854) of Wasco county, Oregon, U.S., on the south bank of the ... Dallin, Cyrus Edwin American sculptor, best known for equestrian portraits of American Indians. dallis grass (from the article "Paspalum") genus of annual and perennial grasses of the family Poaceae, containing about 400 species distributed ... Dallmeyer, John Henry British inventor and manufacturer of lenses. Dallmeyer, Thomas Rudolphus (from the article "Dallmeyer, John Henry") His son Thomas Rudolphus Dallmeyer (1859-1906) introduced telephoto lenses into ordinary practice (patented 1891) and ... Dally, Clarence (from the article "radiation") ...fingers to X rays and provided accurate observations on the burns produced. That same year, ... Dalmatia region of Croatia, comprising a central coastal strip and a fringe of islands along the ... [8 Related Articles] Dalmatian dog breed named after the Adriatic coastal region of Dalmatia, Croatia, its first definite home. ... 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[1 Related Articles] Dalpe, Jean Marc (from the article "Canadian literature") ...in the early 1970s, achieved popular success with his musical comedy Lavalleville ... Dalradian Series sequence of highly folded and metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks of late Precambrian to Early ... Dalriada Gaelic kingdom that, at least from the 5th century AD, extended on both sides of ... [5 Related Articles] Dalrymple, Alexander Scottish geographer, first hydrographer of the British Admiralty and proponent of the existence of a ... [1 Related Articles] Dalrymple, George (from the article "Herbert River") ...at Halifax Bay in the Hinchinbrook Channel. A relatively deep stream, the longest tributary of ... Dalrymple, Ian Murray (from the article "1938: Other Winners") Screenplay: George Bernard Shaw; adaptation by Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb for PygmalionOriginal Story: ... 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March 1, 1944London), ... daluo (from the article "luogu") ...instrumentation and style vary according to function and region. Even the sizes and names of ... Daly City city, San Mateo county, California, U.S. Daly City is adjacent to San Francisco, between the ... Daly detector (from the article "mass spectrometry") In 1960 N.R. Daly introduced a form of detector with properties superior to the electron ... Daly River river in northwestern Northern Territory, Australia; it is formed by the juncture of the King, ... Daly, (John) Augustin American playwright and theatrical manager whose companies were major features of the New York and ... [4 Related Articles] Daly, Cesar-Denis (from the article "Sullivan, Louis") ...Charles Darwin. Darwin's writings on evolution, particularly on organic growth, left their mark on European ... Daly, Marcus American mining tycoon. Called the "Copper King," he was the prime mover behind the Anaconda ... [1 Related Articles] Daly, N. R. 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