12) Hastings, cities, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hastings, cities, United States, 1 City (1990 pop. 15,445), seat of Dakota co., SE Minn., on the Vermillion River and on bluffs above the Mississippi opposite its...

13) Hastings, Thomas, American composer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hastings, Thomas, American composer, 1784-1872, American composer, b. Washington, Conn. Of his hymns, Rock of Ages is most famous. He compiled several books of hymns,...

14) Hastings, city, New Zealand. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hastings, city, New Zealand, city (1996 pop. 58,495), SE North Island, New Zealand, close to Napier. It has extensive food-processing industries, including meatpacking,...

15) Morey, Charles Rufus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877-1955, American art historian, b. Hastings, Mich. Morey was considered one of the foremost medievalists of his time. His principal works...

16) Battle. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...East Sussex, SE England. The town grew up on the site (then a moorland) of the battle of Hastings (1066). The victorious William the Conqueror built Battle Abbey...

17) rape, territorial division, England. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...territorial division, England, name applied to each of the six obsolete territorial divisions (Hastings, Pevensey, Lewes, Bramber, Arundel, and Chichester) into which...

18) Napier. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...city (1993 est. pop. 51,800), E central North Island, New Zealand, on Hawke Bay, close to Hastings. It is a major center for wool, as well as meat, fruit, and dairy...

19) East Sussex. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...km), extreme SE England. It comprises seven administrative districts: Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Hove, Lewes, Rother, and Wealden. The county, the seat of which...

20) Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...British jurist and statesman. He achieved fame through his successful defense of Warren Hastings in the impeachment trial (1788-95), but his principal influence on...