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(Encyclopedia) Interior, United States Department of the, federal executive department established in 1849, delegated custodian of U.S. natural resources, and whose head, the Secretary of the…State of the Union Address: Herbert Hoover (December 2, 1930)
Herbert Hoover (December 2, 1930) To the Senate and House of Representatives: I have the honor to comply with the requirement of the Constitution that I should lay before the Congress information as…Sardinia
(Encyclopedia) SardiniaSardiniasärdĭnˈēə [key], Ital. Sardegna, region (1991 pop. 1,648,248), 9,302 sq mi (24,092 sq km), W Italy, mostly on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, which is separated…Kampot
(Encyclopedia) KampotKampotkämpôtˈ [key], town, capital of Kampot prov., S Cambodia, on the Gulf of Thailand. It is a seaport on the Phnom Penh–Sihanoukville RR and the center of the Cambodian pepper…Malheur
(Encyclopedia) MalheurMalheurməl&oobreve;rˈ [key], river, c.165 mi (270 km) long, rising in several branches in the Strawberry Mts., E Oregon. The united stream flows generally NE to the Snake…Marais des Cygnes
(Encyclopedia) Marais des CygnesMarais des Cygnesmĕrˈē də sēn [key], river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rising in E central Kans., SW of Topeka, and flowing SE into W Mo. to join the Little Osage River…Saint Lucia Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Saint Lucia Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-St. Lucian Relations PEOPLESt. Lucia's population…Peru Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Peru Index: People Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Peruvian Relations PEOPLE When the Spanish landed in 1531, Peru's territory was the nucleus of…Rufiji
(Encyclopedia) RufijiRufijir&oomacr;fēˈjē [key], river, c.375 mi (600 km) long, rising in the highlands of SW Tanzania, E Africa, and flowing NE then E to the Indian Ocean opposite Mafia Island.…impasto
(Encyclopedia) impastoimpastoĭmpăsˈtō, –päˈstō [key], thickly applied paint that projects from the picture surface. Such works as Childe Hassam's Allies Day (1917; National Gall. of Art, Washington,…Trending
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