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(Encyclopedia) Rueil-MalmaisonRueil-Malmaisonrüĕˈyə-mälmāzôNˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 67,323), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France. It is an industrial center where metals, armaments, photographic…Runcorn
(Encyclopedia) Runcorn, city (1991 pop. 63,995), Halton, W England, on the Mersey River. It is located on the Manchester Ship Canal and is the terminus of the Bridgewater Canal, which is connected to…Roseville
(Encyclopedia) Roseville. 1 City (1990 pop. 44,685), Placer co., N central Calif., a suburb of Sacramento in the foothills of the Sierra; inc. 1909. Marked by rapid growth in the late 20th cent.,…Public Works Administration
(Encyclopedia) Public Works Administration (PWA), in U.S. history, New Deal government agency established (1933) by the Congress as the Federal Administration of Public Works, pursuant to the…Putrajaya
(Encyclopedia) Putrajaya, administrative capital of Malaysia and federal territory, 111,313 acres (4,580 hectares), S Malay Peninsula. Construction on the planned city located 25 mi (40 km) south of…Naypyidaw
(Encyclopedia) Naypyidaw or NaypyitawNaypyitawboth: nāpyēdôˈ [key], capital city of Myanmar and union territory (2009 est. pop. 925,000), 2,724 sq mi (7,054 sq km), in the S central part of the…Nakhon Ratchasima
(Encyclopedia) Nakhon RatchasimaNakhon Ratchasimanäˈkôn rächäˈsĭmäˌ [key] or KoratKoratkōrätˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 204,121), capital of Nakhon Ratchasima prov., S central Thailand, on the Mun River…tachometer
(Encyclopedia) tachometertachometertăkŏmˈətər [key], instrument that indicates the speed, usually in revolutions per minute, at which an engine shaft is rotating. Some tachometers, especially those…Taichung
(Encyclopedia) Taichung or T'ai-chungTaichungboth: tīˈj&oomacr;ngˈ [key], special municipality (2010 pop. 2,731,056), 855 sq mi (2,214 sq km), W central Taiwan. It was created in 2010 by merging…State of the Union Address: Zachary Taylor (December 4, 1849)
Zachary Taylor (December 4, 1849) Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Sixty years have elapsed since the establishment of this Government, and the Congress of the United…Trending
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