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Charlotte, NC, Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units230,556100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached129,00656.01-unit, attached12,8495.62 units6,6522.93 or 4 units14,4076.25 to 9 units23,60910.210 to 19 units22,1099…

Charlotte, NC Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school143,421100.0Nursery school, preschool12,1028.4Kindergarten7,9385.5Elementary school (grades 1-8)61,99043.2High school…

Road Town

(Encyclopedia) Road Town, capital, main port, and largest town (2000 est. pop. 8,000) of the British Virgin Islands. It is situated on the S coast of Tortola Island on the deeply indented Road Bay.…

Robertson, Oscar

(Encyclopedia) Robertson, Oscar, 1938–, U.S. basketball player, b. Charlotte, Tenn. Passionately devoted to basketball as a youth, Robertson led his high school team to 45 consecutive victories.…

Saint Thomas, island, Virgin Islands

(Encyclopedia) Saint Thomas, island (2010 pop. 51,634), 32 sq mi (83 sq km), one of the U.S. Virgin Islands, West Indies. Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and a campus of the…

Robert Graves: A Boy in Church

A Boy in Church"Gabble-gabble,... brethren,... gabble-gabble!" My window frames forest and heather. I hardly hear the tuneful babble, Not knowing nor much caring whether The text is…

Brewer's: Ostrich Eggs in Churches

Ostrich eggs are suspended in several Eastern churches as symbols of God's watchful care. It is said that the ostrich hatches her eggs by gazing on them, and if she suspends her gaze even…

Brewer's: Fathers of the Greek Church

Eusebius, Athanasius, Basil the Great, Gregory Nazianzenus, Gregory of Nyssa, Cyril of Jerusalem, Chrysostom, Epiphanius, Cyril of Alexandria, and Ephraim, deacon of Edessa. Source:…

Brewer's: Fathers of the Latin Church

Lactantius, Hilary, Ambrose of Milan, Jerome, Augustin of Hippo, and St. Bernard. The last of the fathers. St. Bernard (1091-1153). The schoolmen who followed treated their subjects…