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Don, river, England

Don (dôn), river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Pennines, N England. It flows SE through Sheffield, then turns NE and flows past Rotherham and Doncaster to the River Ouse at Goole. Canals and locks enable barges to reach Sheffield.

Don, river, Russia

Don (dŏn, Rus. dôn), river, SW European Russia. It rises SE of Tula and flows c.1,200 mi (1,930 km), first SE past Voronezh, then SW into the Sea of Azov. At its eastern bend the Don is linked by a canal (c.65 mi/105 m long), with the Volga River near Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad). The annual flood of the river is controlled by the Tsimlyansk Reservoir. Rostov-na-Donu Rostov-na-Donu (Rus. rəstôf`-nə-dən
..... Click the link for more information.  is the chief city and port on the Don. Navigable for c.850 mi (1,370 km) and accessible to seagoing vessels as far as Rostov-na-Donu, the Don is an important artery for grain, coal, and lumber shipments. The chief tributary of the Don is the Donets, which connects it with the industrial Donets Basin Donets Basin (dənyĕts`), abbreviated as Donbas
..... Click the link for more information. . Known to the ancients as the Tanaïs, the Don has been a trading channel since Scythian times.
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When he became a priest in 1841, Don Bosco--"Father Bosco" in Italian--dedicated himself to helping the poor, ragged boys he met in the streets of Turin.
Magic act: with a little sleight of hand and a lot of laughter, John ... by Stagnaro, Angelo / U.S. Catholic
YOU CAN IMAGINE what the past 20 years have been like for Don Johnston.
EMOTION BLOSSOMS IN 'FLOWERS' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Think "dance" at the same time you think Don Quixote and something virtuosic springs to mind, most likely, the Petipa-Minkus ballet, a sunny comedy with farcical elements.
The other Don Quixote lives again by Jackson, George / Dance Magazine
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