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white-collar workers

(Encyclopedia) white-collar workers, broad occupational grouping of workers engaged in nonmanual labor; frequently contrasted with blue-collar (manual) employees. American in origin, the term has…

Port Angeles

(Encyclopedia) Port AngelesPort Angelesănˈjələs [key], city (1990 pop. 17,710), seat of Clallam co., NW Wash., on Juan de Fuca Strait opposite Victoria, British Columbia; inc. 1890. A port of entry…

Qazvin

(Encyclopedia) QazvinQazvinkäzvēnˈ [key], city (1991 278,826), Tehran prov., NW Iran. A road and rail-transport center, the city has textile and flour mills, and wineries. Qazvin was probably founded…

Roethke, Theodore

(Encyclopedia) Roethke, TheodoreRoethke, Theodorerĕtˈkə [key], 1908–63, American poet, b. Saginaw, Mich., educated at the Univ. of Michigan and Harvard. A poet of the Midwest, Roethke combined a love…

35 Silliest "American Dad" Quotes

Top of Page Are you ready to laugh until you cry? Look no further than “American Dad”, the animated sitcom that's like a fever dream on steroids. The show follows the Smith family, headed by the…

Hunan

(Encyclopedia) Hunan Hunan h&oomacr;ˈnänˈ [key] [south of the lake], province, c.80,000 sq mi (207,254 sq km), S…

Great Falls

(Encyclopedia) Great Falls, city (2020 pop. 60,442), seat of Cascade co., N central Mont., second largest city in the state, at the confluence of the…

Changsha

(Encyclopedia) ChangshaChangshachängˈshäˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,198,100), capital of Hunan prov., S China, on the Xiang River. The name, which means “long sandbank,” is derived from an island…

Katsina

(Encyclopedia) KatsinaKatsinakätsēˈnə, kätˈsĭnə [key], city (1991 est. pop. 182,000), N Nigeria, near the Niger frontier. The city, surrounded by a wall 13 mi (21 km) long, is the trade center for an…

Brisbane

(Encyclopedia) Brisbane Brisbane brĭzˈbən [key], city (2021 pop. 2,189,878, Greater Brisbane pop. 2,451,804…