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East Sussex
(Encyclopedia) East Sussex, county, 693 sq mi (1,795 sq km), extreme SE England. It comprises five administrative districts: Eastbourne, Hastings,…Shillong
(Encyclopedia) ShillongShillongshĭlôngˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 223,366), capital of Meghalaya state, NE India. It is a summer resort c.5,000 ft (1,525 m) high in the Khasi Hills. There are two…Damodar
(Encyclopedia) DamodarDamodardäˈmōdär [key], river, 370 mi (595 km) long, rising in Jharkhand state, E India, and flowing SE through West Bengal state to join the Hugli River below Kolkata (Calcutta…Ramos, Graciliano
(Encyclopedia) Ramos, GracilianoRamos, Gracilianorämˈŏs [key], 1892–1953, Brazilian novelist. His work is marked by psychological analysis and focuses on social problems in rural districts of NE…Kilkenny, town, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia) KilkennyKilkennykĭlkĕnˈē [key], Gaelic Cill Chainnigh, town (1991 pop. 8,515), seat of Co. Kilkenny, S Republic of Ireland, on the Nore River. The districts of Irishtown and…Baarle-Hertog
(Encyclopedia) Baarle-Hertog Baarle-Hertog bärˈlə-hĕrˈtōkh [key], Fr. Baerle-Duc, town, Antwerp prov., N Belgium. A…Midlands
(Encyclopedia) Midlands, region of central England. It is usually considered to include the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and…Dalälven
(Encyclopedia) DalälvenDalälvendälˈĕlˌvən [key], river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, Kopparberg co., W central Sweden, in the mountains along the Norwegian border. It flows SE to Avesta, then NE into the…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…District of Columbia: Persons per square mile, 2000
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