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Look up: Matterhorn

  1. Matterhorn
    [n] - a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high)
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  2. Matterhorn
    noun a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  3. Matterhorn
    (from the article `roller coaster`) ...revitalized the notion of amusement parks. Disney commissioned the Arrow Development Company (later Arrow Dynamics; now S&S-Arrow), led by Ed ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/50

  4. Matterhorn
    one of the best-known mountains (14,692 feet [4,478 metres]) in the Alps, straddling the frontier between Switzerland and Italy, 6 miles (10 km) ... [7 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/50

  5. Matterhorn
    Matterhorn (mä'turhôrn) , Fr. Mont Cervin, Ital. Monte Cervino, peak, c.14,700 ft (4,480 m) high, in the Pennine Alps, on the Swiss-Italian border, near Zermatt. Its distinctive pyramidal peak was formed by the enlargement of several cirques. It was first scaled in 1865 by Edward Whym...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A083

  6. Matterhorn
    Click images to enlargeMountain peak in the Alps on the Swiss-Italian border; 4,478 m/14,690 ft. It was first climbed in 1865 by English mountaineer Edward Whymper (1840–1911); four members of his party of seven were killed when a rope broke during their descent
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  7. Matterhorn
    Edward Whymper<br />Charles Hudson<br />Francis Douglas <br />Douglas Robert Hadow<br />Michel Croz<br />Peter Taugwalder (father)<br />Peter Taugwalder (son) --> The `Matterhorn` (German), `Monte Cervino` (Italian) or `Mont Cervin` (French), is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on th...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn

  8. Matterhorn
    (ride) For the Disneyland attraction, see Matterhorn Bobsleds. The `Matterhorn` or `Flying Bobs`, sometimes known by alternate names such as Musik Express or Terminator in the UK, is an amusement ride very similar to the Superbob, which consists of a number of cars attach...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn

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11 February 2012

This day in history:
On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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