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Dundalk, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Dundalk dŭnˈdôlkˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 67,796), Baltimore co., NE Md., a suburb of Balt...

Unitas, Johnny

(Encyclopedia)Unitas, Johnny yo͞onītˈəs [key], 1933–2002, American football player, widely regarded as the greatest professional quarterback of all time; b. Pittsburgh. After playing for the Univ. of Louisvil...

Hoosac Range

(Encyclopedia)Hoosac Range ho͞oˈsək [key], southern continuation of the Green Mts., NW Mass. and SW Vt., running from north to south. Its maximum height is c.3,000 ft (910 m). The Hoosac railroad tunnel, c.5 mi ...

Zhuzhou

(Encyclopedia)Zhuzhou or Chuchow both: jo͞oˈjōˈ [key], town (1994 est. pop. 476,800), E central Hunan prov., China, on the Xiang River. It is a railroad center for lines running north-south and east-west and a ...

Gatún Lake

(Encyclopedia)Gatún Lake gäto͞onˈ [key], artificial lake, 163 sq mi (422 sq km), Colón Prov., Panama, formed by the impounding of the Chagres River. Gatún Dam (completed 1912), 11⁄2 mi (2.4 km) long and 115...

Temin, Howard Martin

(Encyclopedia)Temin, Howard Martin, 1934–94, American virologist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1959. A professor at the Univ. of Wisconsin in Madison, Temin began his cancer research...

Harrisburg

(Encyclopedia)Harrisburg. <1> City (2020 pop. 8,219), seat of Saline co., SE Ill; founded c. 1852. In the mid-19th century, it was a center of woolen and ...

Mudanjiang

(Encyclopedia)Mudanjiang or Mutankiang both: mo͞o-dän-jyäng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 602,700), SE Heilongjiang prov., China. It is a railroad junction and a lumbering center in a rich timber region. Rubber pr...

Tonghua

(Encyclopedia)Tonghua or Tunghwa both: to͝ongˈhwäˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 349,500), SW Jilin prov., China, in a mountainous region, and on a railroad to Korea. Abundant coal and iron reserves are in the ar...

Velikiye Luki

(Encyclopedia)Velikiye Luki vyĭlyēˈkēə lo͞oˈkē [key], city (1989 pop. 114,000), W central European Russia, on the Lovat River. A railroad junction, it has industries producing rolling stock and foodstuffs. ...