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California Institute of Technology

(Encyclopedia) California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of…

California State University System

(Encyclopedia) California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 23 campuses. It constitutes one of…

chromium

(Encyclopedia) chromiumchromiumkrōˈmēəm [key] [Gr.,=color], metallic chemical element; symbol Cr; at. no. 24; at. wt. 51.9961; m.p. about 1,857℃; b.p. 2,672℃; sp. gr. about 7.2 at 20℃; valence +2, +3…

Weirton

(Encyclopedia) Weirton, city (1990 pop. 22,124), Brooke and Hancock counties, NW W.Va., in the industrial Northern Panhandle, on the Ohio River; settled 1790s, inc. 1947. Its industries include coal…

Robert James HUBER, Congress, MI (1922-2001)

HUBER, Robert James, a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 29, 1922; educated in the public schools of Detroit, Mich.; attended the University of Detroit…

Mugodzhar Hills

(Encyclopedia) Mugodzhar HillsMugodzhar Hillsm&oomacr;gəjärˈ [key], range, c.275 mi (440 km) long, E Kazakhstan. The southern spur of the Urals, it forms the divide between the Caspian and the…