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Moreno

(Encyclopedia) Moreno, city (1991 pop. 287,188), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a residential and district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. The district was the scene…

Purbeck

(Encyclopedia) Purbeck, district (1991 pop. 42,600), Dorset, England. Purbeck is filled with the clays of the Hampshire Basin, and is therefore largely infertile. Some minor farming occurs on the…

Nizamabad

(Encyclopedia) NizamabadNizamabadnĭzämˈäbäd [key], city (1991 pop. 241,034), N Telangana state, S central India. It is a district administrative center and a market for grain, sugar, and vegetable…

Harburg

(Encyclopedia) HarburgHarburghärˈb&oobreve;rkh [key], district of Hamburg, N Germany; a port on the Elbe River. Refined petroleum and rubber goods are produced in the district. Formerly an…

Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)

Case SummaryIn 1965, John Tinker, his sister Mary Beth, and a friend were sent home from school for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. The school had established a policy…

Braintree, town and district, England

(Encyclopedia) Braintree, town and district, Essex, E England, between the Pant (Blackwater) and Brain river valleys. It has textile, plastic, and…

Breadalbane

(Encyclopedia) BreadalbaneBreadalbanebrədălˈbĭn, brĕd–, –dôlˈ– [key], mountainous district, in the W Grampian Mts., NW Perth and Kinross and NE Stirling, central Scotland. The district, picturesque…

Eastleigh

(Encyclopedia) Eastleigh Eastleigh ēstˈlē, ēstlēˈ [key], city and district, Hampshire, S central England. Eastleigh is…