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carriage

(Encyclopedia) carriage, wheeled vehicle, in modern usage restricted to passenger vehicles that are drawn or pushed, especially by animals. Carriages date from the Bronze Age; early forms included…

Manville

(Encyclopedia) Manville, borough (1990 pop. 10,567), Somerset co., central N.J.; laid out 1906, inc. 1929. Building materials, plastics, clothing, and truck farms contribute to Manville's economy.

heating

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Typical warm-air heating system heating, means of making a building comfortably warm relative to a colder outside temperature. Old, primitive methods of heating a building or a…

Nathan Pusey 2001 Deaths

Nathan PuseyAge: 94 educator who served as Harvard University's 24th president (1953–71). Although the university underwent tremendous growth during his tenure (the budget and endowments…

Jane Jacobs 2006 Deaths

Jane JacobsAge: 89 urban planner whose ground-breaking 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, criticized urban renewal—the concept of clearing cities of slums and building…

Entertainment News from April 2007

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Ukrainian President Dissolves…

Grumman, Leroy Randle

(Encyclopedia) Grumman, Leroy Randle, 1895–1982, American aviation pioneer and aerospace executive, b. Huntington, N.Y. After graduating from Cornell (1916), he joined the U.S. navy, where he served…

Hambantota

(Encyclopedia) Hambantota, town, Southern prov., Sri Lanka, on the S coast 65 mi (105 km) E of Galle. The town is located in an area of salt production, which utilizes natural depressions called…

Huangpu, river, China

(Encyclopedia) Huangpu,&sp;Whangpoo, or HwangpooHuangpu,all: hwängˈp&oomacr;ˈ [key], river, 60 mi (97 km) long, rising in the lake district of Shanghai Municipality, E China, and flowing NE…