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Karatsu

(Encyclopedia) KaratsuKaratsukäräˈts&oomacr; [key], city (1990 pop. 79,207), Saga prefecture, NW Kyushu, Japan, on Karatsu Bay. It is a summer resort and fishing port important historically as…

Atsugi

(Encyclopedia) Atsugi Atsugi ätˌs&oomacr;ˈgē [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Sagami River. It is an important communication,…

Northeastern University

(Encyclopedia) Northeastern University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1898 as a program within the Boston YMCA, inc. 1916, university status 1922, fully independent of the YMCA 1948. It is…

Irapuato

(Encyclopedia) Irapuato Irapuato ēräpwäˈtō [key], city, Guanajuato state, W central Mexico, on the Irapuato River. It…

equal-time rule

(Encyclopedia) equal-time rule, a Federal Communications Commission rule that requires equal air time for all major candidates competing for political office. It was preceded by the fairness doctrine…

Aurillac

(Encyclopedia) Aurillac Aurillac ôrēyäkˈ [key], town, capital of Cantal dept., S central France, in Auvergne, on the Jordanne River. An industrial, communications, and…

Goshogawara

(Encyclopedia) Goshogawara Goshogawara gōshōgäˈwärä [key], city, Aomori prefecture, N Honshu, Japan. The city consists…

Hong Kong, University of

(Encyclopedia) Hong Kong, University of, at Hong Kong, China; founded 1912. There are undergraduate faculties of architecture, liberal arts, business and economics, dentistry, education, engineering…

Masuda

(Encyclopedia) MasudaMasudamäs&oomacr;ˈdä [key], city (1990 pop. 52,408), Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan at the mouth of the Takutsu River. It is an agricultural and…

Damanhur

(Encyclopedia) DamanhurDamanhurdämänh&oobreve;rˈ [key], city (1986 pop. 188,939), capital of Beheira governorate, N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. It is a communications center and a market for…