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Newcastle-under-Lyme
(Encyclopedia) Newcastle-under-Lyme, city (1991 pop. 73,208) and district, Staffordshire, W central England, on the Lyme River. Construction materials, apparel, computers, electric motors, and…Boa Vista
(Encyclopedia) Boa Vista Boa Vista bōˈə vēshˈtə [key], city, capital of Roraima state, NW Brazil, on the Rio Branco.…Waxahachie
(Encyclopedia) WaxahachieWaxahachiewŏkˌsĭhăchˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 18,168), seat of Ellis co., N Tex.; inc. 1861. A market center (especially for cattle) in the rich blackland prairie, the city…Whitehall, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Whitehall. 1 City (1990 pop. 20,572), Franklin co., central Ohio, a suburb of Columbus; inc. 1948. Manufactures include water coolers and packaged meats. A large federal defense…Teaneck
(Encyclopedia) TeaneckTeanecktēˈnĕk [key], residential township (1990 pop. 37,825), Bergen co., NE N.J., near the Hackensack River; settled in the early 1600s, inc. 1895. Jewelry, electrical…Pratt Institute
(Encyclopedia) Pratt Institute, at Brooklyn, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1887. Founded by Charles Pratt as a school for practical training, it now offers general and professional…Pocono Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Pocono MountainsPocono Mountainspōˈkənō [key], range of the Appalachian system, c.2,000 ft (610 m) high, NE Pa. Forested and having many lakes and streams, the Poconos are a major…Shute, Nevil
(Encyclopedia) Shute, Nevil (Nevil Shute Norway), 1899–1960, English novelist, b. Ealing, Middlesex, grad. Oxford, 1922. After serving in World War I, he was manager of a construction company until…abattoir
(Encyclopedia) abattoirabattoirăbˌətwärˈ [key] [Fr.], building for butchering. The abattoir houses facilities to slaughter animals; dress, cut and inspect meats; and refrigerate, cure, and…stabile
(Encyclopedia) stabilestabilestāˈbēl [key], an abstract construction that is completely stationary. The form was pioneered by Alexander Calder, and examples were termed stabiles to distinguish them…Trending
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