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Lynch, Loretta Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Lynch, Loretta Elizabeth, 1959–, U.S. lawyer and government official, b. Greensboro, N.C., grad. Harvard (A.B. 1981, J.D. 1984). She was a prosecutor in the office of the U.S. attorney…

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…

Eastleigh

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

Whitley Bay

(Encyclopedia) Whitley Bay, town (1991 pop. 36,040), North Tyneside metropolitan district, NE England, on the North Sea. Formerly the urban district of Whitley and Monkseaton, Whitley Bay was…

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…