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Major Planets of the Solar System (table)
(Encyclopedia)Major Planets of the Solar System ...British Imperial System of weights and measures
(Encyclopedia)British Imperial System of weights and measures: see English units of measurement. ...U.S. Customary System of weights and measures
(Encyclopedia)U.S. Customary System of weights and measures: see English units of measurement. ...Groote Eylandt
(Encyclopedia)Groote Eylandt gro͞ot īˈlənd [key] [Du.,=large island], 950 sq mi (2,461 sq km), Northern Territory, N Australia. It is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and part of the Arnhem Land Ab...National City
(Encyclopedia)National City, city (1990 pop. 54,249), San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1887. Structural metal is fabricated, and there is shipbuilding and the manufacture of recycling machinery, plas...Abitibi Lake
(Encyclopedia)Abitibi Lake ăbətĭbˈē [key], irregularly shaped lake, c.60 mi (100 km) long, SW Que. and E Ont., Canada. It is a popular tourist area and the site of the Abitibi Game Reserve. The Abitibi River d...Awash
(Encyclopedia)Awash äˈwäsh [key], river, E Ethiopia, rising near Addis Ababa and flowing c.500 mi (800 km) to a swampy lake near the Djibouti border. The Awash Valley is important agriculturally and has hydroele...local government
(Encyclopedia)local government, political administration of the smallest subdivisions of a country's territory and population. The British system of local government, which has been the model for most of that cou...Jackson, Sheldon
(Encyclopedia)Jackson, Sheldon, 1834–1909, American missionary and educator, b. Montgomery co., N.Y., grad. Union College, 1855, and Princeton Theological Seminary, 1858. After a career as a Presbyterian missiona...Rostenkowski, Dan
(Encyclopedia)Rostenkowski, Dan (Daniel David Rostenkowski) rŏsˌtənkouˈskē [key], 1928–2010, U.S. congressman, b. Chicago, grad. Loyola Univ. (1951). A Democrat, he was first elected as a U.S. representative...Browse by Subject
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