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Glendale Heights IL Housing Statistics

Glendale heights illinois dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units11,062100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached5,06945.81-unit,…

Top 100 Works in World Literature

Source: Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 2002. The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54…

tsunami

(Encyclopedia) tsunamitsunamits&oobreve;näˈmē [key], series of catastrophic ocean waves generated by submarine movements, which may be caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides…

rain tree

(Encyclopedia) rain tree, also called monkeypod, a large leguminous tropical tree (Albizia saman or Samanea saman) of tropical America belonging to the family Leguminosae (pulse family), the leaves…

Watts Towers

(Encyclopedia) Watts Towers, group of folk-art towers in the Watts section of Los Angeles. The complex was built (1921–54) single-handedly by the self-taught Italian immigrant Simon Rodia (also…

airglow

(Encyclopedia) airglow, faint diffuse illumination of the sky originating in the upper atmosphere. Although it occurs at all times of day throughout the upper atmosphere, it is most typically visible…

Neutra, Richard Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Neutra, Richard JosephNeutra, Richard Josephnoiˈtrə, n&oomacr;ˈtrə [key], 1892–1970, American architect, born and educated in Vienna. Although Neutra worked for a time with Eric…

Sumner, Edwin Vose

(Encyclopedia) Sumner, Edwin Vose, 1797–1863, American soldier, Union general in the Civil War, b. Boston. He fought in the Black Hawk War and in the Mexican War. Made colonel of the 1st Cavalry in…

Colonial Heights City, VA Census Data

People QuickFactsColonial Heights cityVirginiaPopulation, 2005 estimate 17,5677,567,465Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 4.0%6.9%Population, 2000 16,8977,078,…

Glendale Heights (Village), IL Census Data

People QuickFactsGlendale HeightsIllinoisPopulation, 2003 estimate 32,84812,653,544Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 3.2%1.9%Population, 2000 31,76512,419,293Population…