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The Columbia River is the dominant river system of the Northwest United States. It is a river of many uses--hydropower, fisheries, and irrigation--and was known by many names--Columbia's River, the Big River, and even River in the Chickadee Territory. It is the fourth-largest river by volume in North America, draining parts of seven states and the province of British Columbia. Because of its unique location close to the ocean, its tall mountai...

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Bonneville Lock and Dam became one of the symbols of the Great Depression era efforts to jump-start the economy and get people working again. During the 1930s, massive public works projects like Bonneville gave the people of the Great Depression jobs and hope. Bonneville also played an important role during World War II, providing power for building ships and aircraft. Since the 1930s, it has generated non-stop, clean, renewable power, provide...

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bTitle:/b The Queen of the Arena and other stories ... illustrated by Millais and others.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collecti...

Der schüchterne Student Wendell Tvedt (Stephen Geoffreys) unternimmt mit seinen Kommilitonen Joe Gillespie (Cameron Dye) und Larry "Baron" Tucker (Tim Robbins) einen Ausflug nach Palm Springs, auf Rechnung von Wendells Vater natürlich. Der alte Herr bittet Joe und den "Baron" darum, dass sie seinem Sohn zum "ersten Mal" verhelfen. Im Falle eines Erfolges winken eine Sauna und ein Whirlpool. Während die beiden Wendell hilfreiche Tipps geben, lä...

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Living alone in the woods of northern Minnesota, Mona Bell once amazed a neighbor by shooting a dozen clothes pins off a line at 25 yards, firing revolvers from both hands in rapid succession. "You tell the boys there's a woman back here who knows how to shoot, and will shoot, " she said, calmly. He did. Eccentric, aggressive, frugal, and friendly to a point, Mona's few neighbors sensed she was a woman with a past, perhaps a notorious past, bu...