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(Encyclopedia)Sadler's Wells Ballet: see Royal Ballet. ...Vic-Wells Ballet
(Encyclopedia)Vic-Wells Ballet: see Royal Ballet. ...Esek
(Encyclopedia)Esek ēˈsĕk [key], in the Bible, one of Isaac's wells. ...Carey, George Leonard
(Encyclopedia)Carey, George Leonard, 1935–, archbishop of Canterbury (1991–2002). From a working-class background, he graduated from the London School of Divinity in 1962 and was ordained the same year. Carey w...Montebello, city, California
(Encyclopedia)Montebello, city (1990 pop. 59,564), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential and industrial suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1920. A wide variety of products are manufactured in Montebello, and th...Sand Springs
(Encyclopedia)Sand Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,346), Tulsa co., NE Okla., an industrial suburb of Tulsa, on the Arkansas River; founded 1907. There are oil and natural-gas wells and food-processing and chemical ind...Miami Springs
(Encyclopedia)Miami Springs, city (1990 pop. 13,268), Dade co., SE Fla., a residential suburb of Miami; inc. 1926. The wells in the city supply water to much of Dade co. Miami International Airport is adjacent to t...Winfield
(Encyclopedia)Winfield, city (1990 pop. 11,931), seat of Cowley co., S central Kans., on the Walnut River; inc. 1873. The economy is based on agriculture and oil and gas wells. Among Winfield's manufactures are pla...Royal Tunbridge Wells
(Encyclopedia)Royal Tunbridge Wells, town (1991 pop. 57,699), Kent, SE England. Mineral springs were discovered in 1606, and the town developed as a fashionable inland resort. Visitors have included many of the roy...Big Rapids
(Encyclopedia)Big Rapids, city (2020 pop. 7,727), seat of Mecosta co., W central Mich., at the falls of the Muskegon River; inc. 1869. Agriculture and light manufactu...Browse by Subject
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