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Iztacalco

(Encyclopedia) Iztacalco or Ixtacalco Iztacalco both: ēstäkälˈkō [key], city, Federal…

Iztapalapa

(Encyclopedia) Iztapalapa or Ixtapalapa Iztapalapa both: ēstäpäläˈpä [key], city, Federal…

Gustavo A. Madero

(Encyclopedia) Gustavo A. Madero Gustavo A. Madero g&oomacr;stäˈvō ä mädāˈrō [key…

Clayton, Henry De Lamar

(Encyclopedia) Clayton, Henry De LamarClayton, Henry De Lamardĕ lˈəmärˌ [key], 1857–1929, U.S. congressman, b. Barbour co., Ala. A Democrat, he was a member of the House of Representatives from 1897…

Avellaneda

(Encyclopedia) Avellaneda Avellaneda ävāyänāˈᵺä [key], city, Buenos Aires prov., E central Argentina, across the Riachuelo River from the Buenos Aires federal district. It…

Azcapotzalco

(Encyclopedia) Azcapotzalco Azcapotzalco äskäpōtsälˈkō [key], city, S Mexico, in the Federal District. An important rail center, with railroad yards, it is the terminus of…

Baker v. Carr

(Encyclopedia) Baker v. Carr, case decided in 1962 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Tennessee had failed to reapportion the state legislature for 60 years despite population growth and redistribution.…

Pyatigorsk

(Encyclopedia) PyatigorskPyatigorskpyĭtyēgôrskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 129,500), Stavropol Territory, SE European Russia, on the Podkumok River in the N Caucasus. The administrative center of the…

Xochimilco

(Encyclopedia) XochimilcoXochimilcosōchēmēlˈkō [key], town (1990 pop. 271,151), Federal District, S central Mexico, suburb of Mexico City. Mainly a commercial and tourist center, it is famous for its…

Khabarovsk

(Encyclopedia) KhabarovskKhabarovskkhəbäˈrəfsk, khəbərôfskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 601,000), capital of Khabarovsk Territory and the administrative center of the Far Eastern federal district, Russian…