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Chittagong

(Encyclopedia) Chittagong Chittagong chĭtˈəgŏng [key], city, capital of Chittagong division, SE Bangladesh, on the…

housing

(Encyclopedia) housing, in general, living accommodations available for the inhabitants of a community. Throughout the 19th cent., with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, housing as a problem…

America's Most Endangered Places 2006

The Smithsonian Institution and the World Trade Center stairs are considered endangered properties by Mark Zurlo Arts and Industries Building of Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.…

Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 9, 1958)

Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the 85th Congress: It is again my high privilege to extend personal greetings to the members of the 85th Congress. All of us realize that, as this new…

Tana, river, Kenya

(Encyclopedia) TanaTanatäˈnä [key], river, c.500 mi (800 km) long, rising near Mt. Kenya, central Kenya, E Africa, and flowing E then S across Kenya to the Indian Ocean. There are hydroelectric…

Morgan, Julia

(Encyclopedia) Morgan, Julia, 1872–1957, American architect, b. San Francisco, B.S. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1894. Trained as an engineer, she became the first woman to study architecture at…

Asian carp

(Encyclopedia) Asian carp, term for several large, hardy freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae (the minnow family) that are native to E Asia and have become invasive species in the United States.…

Tanaka, Kakuei

(Encyclopedia) Tanaka, KakueiTanaka, Kakueikäk&oomacr;ˈā tänäˈkä [key], 1918–93, Japanese political leader and prime minister (1972–74). Born to a poor rural family, he moved to Tokyo at the age…

The Bahamas Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note The Bahamas Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Bahamian Relations PEOPLE Eighty-five…