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Forrest Percival, 1896–1951, U.S. naval officer.
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John, 1823–1900, U.S. statesman (brother of William T.).
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Roger, 1721–93, American statesman.
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EXPANDStuart Pratt, 1881–1926, U.S. critic and educator.
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William Tecumseh, 1820–91, Union general in the Civil War.
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a city in NE Texas. 30,413.
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Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,036 feet (4278 meters).
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a male given name.
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COLLAPSEU.S. Military. a 34-ton medium tank of World War II, with a 75mm gun and a crew of four.
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Sherman
type of U.S. medium tank used in World War II, 1942, named for U.S. Civil War Gen. William T. Sherman (1820-91). The surname is from O.E. scearra "shears" + mann "man;" hence "shearer of woolen garments."
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Sherman
city, seat (1846) of Grayson county, northern Texas, U.S. It lies on a watershed split between the Red and Trinity rivers, near Lake Texoma and Denison. Founded in the 1840s, it was named for General Sidney Sherman, a cavalry officer during the Texas Revolution and an early railroad promoter. Lying along the Butterfield Trail, it became a rendezvous for cattle drovers, buffalo hunters, and farmers. The railroads arrived in the 1870s. In 1876 Austin College (Presbyterian, founded 1849) was moved to the city from Huntsville
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