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Quonset Point

(Encyclopedia)Quonset Point kwŏnˈsĭt [key], peninsula extending into Narragansett Bay, S R.I., in the town of North Kingstown. In World War II the peninsula became the site of a naval air station and constructio...

Stevens Point

(Encyclopedia)Stevens Point, city (1990 pop. 23,006), seat of Portage co., central Wis., on the Wisconsin and Plover rivers; inc. 1858. The major industries are insurance and the manufacture of wood products, chees...

high blood pressure

(Encyclopedia)high blood pressure: see hypertension. ...

high-bush cranberry

(Encyclopedia)high-bush cranberry: see honeysuckle. ...

folk high school

(Encyclopedia)folk high school, type of adult education that in its most widely known form originated in Denmark in the middle of the 19th cent. The idea as originally conceived by Bishop Nikolai Grundtvig was to s...

junior high school

(Encyclopedia)junior high school: see school.

Point Four program

(Encyclopedia)Point Four program, U.S. foreign aid project aimed at providing technological skills, knowledge, and equipment to poor nations throughout the world. The program also encouraged the flow of private inv...

Point Reyes National Seashore

(Encyclopedia)Point Reyes National Seashore rāˈĭs [key], 71,068 acres (28,772 hectares), W Calif.; est. 1962. Included in the area are steep bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, lagoons, and esteros enclosed by...

Poverty Point National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Poverty Point National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Fort Point National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Fort Point National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...