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Norman

(Encyclopedia) Norman, city (1990 pop. 80,071), seat of Cleveland co., central Okla.; inc. 1891. It is the center of a livestock region. Oil wells, food processing, and printing and publishing…

Solimena, Francesco

(Encyclopedia) Solimena, FrancescoSolimena, Francescofränchāsˈkō sōlēmāˈnä [key], 1657–1717, Italian painter. Painting in the decorative tradition of the late baroque in Naples, Solimena was a…

Tinley Park

(Encyclopedia) Tinley Park, village (1990 pop. 37,121), Cook and Will counties, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; inc. 1892. Its population grew significantly in the late 20th cent. Brushes…

money-market fund

(Encyclopedia) money-market fund, type of mutual fund that invests in high-yielding, short-term money-market instruments, such as U.S. government securities, commercial paper, and certificates of…

Merton, Robert Carhart

(Encyclopedia) Merton, Robert Carhart, 1944–, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970. He has taught at MIT (1970–88, 2010–) and Harvard (1988–2010).…

maquiladoras

(Encyclopedia) maquiladorasmaquiladorasmäkēˌlädōˈräs [key], Mexican assembly plants that manufacture finished goods for export to the United States. The maquiladoras are generally owned by non-…

Lüneburg

(Encyclopedia) LüneburgLüneburglüˈnəb&oobreve;rkh [key], city (1994 pop. 63,300), Lower Saxony, N Germany, on the Ilmenau River. It is a rail junction and river port. There are large saltworks…

chrysanthemum

(Encyclopedia) chrysanthemumchrysanthemumkrĭsănˈthəməm [key], name for a large number of annual or perennial herbs of the genus Chrysanthemum of the family Asteraceae (aster family), some cultivated…

Dorsey, Jimmy

(Encyclopedia) Dorsey, Jimmy (James Francis Dorsey), 1904–57, and his brother Tommy Dorsey (Thomas Francis Dorsey, Jr.), 1905–1956, both b. Shenandoah, Pa., American jazz musicians and bandleaders…

Riverside

(Encyclopedia) Riverside. 1 City (1990 pop. 226,505), seat of Riverside co., S Calif.; inc. 1883. One of the fastest growing U.S. cities in the late 20th cent., it is famous for its orange industry.…