breed of dog developed in the 19th cent. by an English clergyman, the Reverend John (Parson Jack) Russell, 1795–1883, for hunting. The Jack Russell ...
1919–65, American writer, b. San Francisco. She is best known for her stories and novels of horror and the occult, rendered more terrifying because ...
( z ´m ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 82,679), Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Hii River. It is an important railway and road hub and stock-r...
j ´p r) (KEY) , former native state, W India. It is now part of Rajasthan state. The region of Jaipur is semiarid and mostly level, with scattered ro...