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(Encyclopedia) Aliquippa Aliquippa ălĭkwĭpˈə [key], borough (2020 pop. 9,238), Beaver co., W Pa., in an industrialized region along the Ohio River N of Pittsburgh; inc.…Winter Haven
(Encyclopedia) Winter Haven, resort city (1990 pop. 24,725), Polk co., central Fla; settled 1883. It is a marketing, processing, and shipping center for one of the state's chief citrus-fruit regions…Inglewood
(Encyclopedia) Inglewood, city (2020 pop. 107,762), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb of Los Angeles, in an oil-producing…Morley, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Morley, Henry, 1822–94, English man of letters. In 1850 he closed his successful school to assist Dickens in editing Household Words. After that he combined an editorial with an…Shatsky, Stanislaus
(Encyclopedia) Shatsky, Stanislaus, 1878–1934, Russian educator. After graduating from Moscow Univ. and attending the Moscow Agricultural Institute, Shatsky organized (1905) a colony for workers'…safety valve
(Encyclopedia) safety valve, device attached to a boiler or other vessel for automatically relieving the pressure of steam before it becomes great enough to cause bursting. The common spring-loaded…tallow
(Encyclopedia) tallow, solid fat extracted from the tissues and fatty deposits of animals, especially from suet (the fat of cattle and sheep). Pure tallow is white, odorless and tasteless; it…Tennessee, University of
(Encyclopedia) Tennessee, University of, main campus at Knoxville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1794, opened 1795 as Blount College; became East Tennessee College 1807;…parallelogram
(Encyclopedia) parallelogram, closed plane figure bounded by four line segments, or sides, with opposite pairs of sides parallel and equal in length. The rhombus, rectangle, and square are special…Kumgang, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Kumgang, MountKumgang, Mountk&oomacr;mˈgängˈ [key], mountain, SE North Korea, rising to 5,374 ft (1,638 m). There are scenic ravines and caverns and many ancient Buddhist temples,…Trending
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