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(Encyclopedia) Halberstadt Halberstadt hälˈbərshtät [key], city, Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is an industrial…Kearney
(Encyclopedia) Kearney, city (1990 pop. 24,396), seat of Buffalo co., S central Nebr., on the Platte River; inc. 1873. It is a commercial, industrial, and transportation center in an agricultural…Leacock, Stephen Butler
(Encyclopedia) Leacock, Stephen Butler, 1869–1944, Canadian economist and humorist, b. England, grad. Univ. of Toronto (B.A., 1891), Univ. of Chicago (Ph.D., 1903). Head of the department of…Bladensburg
(Encyclopedia) Bladensburg Bladensburg blāˈdənzbûrg [key], town (2020 pop. 9,657), Prince Georges co., S central Md.,…Brăila
(Encyclopedia) Brăila Brăila brəēˈlä [key], city, SE Romania, in Walachia, on the Danube River. The chief…Pitman, Sir Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Pitman, Sir Isaac, 1813–97, English inventor of phonographic shorthand. In Stenographic Soundhand (1837) he set forth a shorthand system based on phonetic rather than orthographic…Prizren
(Encyclopedia) PrizrenPrizrenprēzˈrĕn [key], city (2011 pop. 178,112), SW Kosovo. It is a commercial center with industries that produce textiles, wood products, and filigree silver jewelry. Prizren…Gould, Stephen Jay
(Encyclopedia) Gould, Stephen Jay, 1941–2002, American paleontologist and science writer, b. Queens, New York; grad. Antioch College (B.S., 1963), Columbia Univ. (Ph.D., 1967). With Niles Eldredge,…Mather, Stephen Tyng
(Encyclopedia) Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867–1930, American industrialist and environmentalist, b. San Francisco, grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1887. He began working for the Pacific Coast Borax…Mallory, Stephen Russell
(Encyclopedia) Mallory, Stephen Russell, c.1813–73, U.S. Senator, secretary of the navy in the Confederacy, b. Trinidad, West Indies. He was raised in Key West, Fla., where he practiced law and was a…Trending
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