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Ipswich, town, United States
(Encyclopedia) Ipswich, town (2020 pop. 13,785), Essex co., NE Mass., on the Ipswich River and Ipswich Bay; inc. 1634. Ipswich clams are found there.…Morrice, James Wilson
(Encyclopedia) Morrice, James WilsonMorrice, James Wilsonmôrˈĭs [key], 1865–1924, Canadian painter, b. Montreal. Abandoning law, he went to Paris, where he studied painting. He visited Venice,…Nieuwpoort
(Encyclopedia) Nieuwpoort or NieuportNieuportboth: nēˈ&oobreve;pôrt [key], town (1991 pop. 9,572), West Flanders prov., W Belgium, on the North Sea at the mouth of the Yser River. It is a fishing…Boca Raton
(Encyclopedia) Boca Raton Boca Raton bōˈkə rətōnˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 100,259), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the…Burlington, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Burlington, town, SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. First settled (1798) by Mohawk Loyalist Joseph Brandt, Burlington's economy was built…Ventimiglia
(Encyclopedia) VentimigliaVentimigliavāntēmēˈlyä [key], Fr. Vintimille, town (1991 pop. 25,308), Liguria, NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea and the Italian Riviera, near the French border. It is a…Shute, Nevil
(Encyclopedia) Shute, Nevil (Nevil Shute Norway), 1899–1960, English novelist, b. Ealing, Middlesex, grad. Oxford, 1922. After serving in World War I, he was manager of a construction company until…Saint-Tropez
(Encyclopedia) Saint-TropezSaint-TropezsăN-trôpāˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 5,760), Var dept., SE France, on the French Riviera. It is a fashionable beach resort and a picturesque small fishing…Albee, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Albee, EdwardAlbee, Edwardălˈbē [key], 1928–2016, American playwright, one of the leading dramatists of his generation, b. Washington, D.C., as Edward Harvey. His most characteristic…Hardwick, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Hardwick, Elizabeth, 1916–2007, American literary critic, novelist, and short-story writer, b. Lexington, Ky.; grad Univ. of Kentucky (B.A., 1938; M.A., 1939). She moved (1939) to New…Trending
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