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Smyrna, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Smyrna, city (1990 pop. 30,981), Cobb co., NW Ga., a residential suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1872. Manufactures include computer equipment, building materials, plastics, ordnance, and…

Coolidge Dam

(Encyclopedia) Coolidge Dam, 249 ft (76 m) high, 920 ft (280 m) long, on the Gila River, SE Ariz.; built 1927–28. It irrigates c.100,000 acres (40,470 hectares), half of which are Native American…

Albert Sidney CAMP, Congress, GA (1892-1954)

CAMP Albert Sidney , a Representative from Georgia; born on a farm near Moreland, Coweta County, Ga., July 26, 1892; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law department of the…

John Henry CAMP, Congress, NY (1840-1892)

CAMP John Henry , a Representative from New York; born in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., April 4, 1840; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the Albany Law School in 1860; was…

Majdanek

(Encyclopedia) Majdanek or MaidanekMaidanekmīdäˈnĕk [key], village, Lubelskie prov., SE Poland, a suburb of Lublin. The Germans established and operated a concentration camp there in World War II. An…

King, Dennis

actor, singerBirthplace: Coventry, EnglandBorn: 1897Died: 1971

King Lear

King Lear Lear, King of Britain, had three daughters: Goneril, wife to the Duke of Albany; Regan, wife to the Duke of Cornwall; and Cordelia, a young maid, for whose love the King of France…

Jordan: Kings

Kings Abdullah I, emir (1921–1946), king (1946–1951) Naif, regent (1951) Talal (1951–1952) Hussein (1952–1999) Hassan, regent (1998–1999) Abdullah II (1999– )      

King Faisal

(Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud)king of Saudi ArabiaBirthplace: RiyadhBorn: 1905Died: 1975