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veal

(Encyclopedia) veal, flesh of a calf from two to three months old weighing usually less than 300 lb (135 kg). The locomotion of the veal calves is often restricted, and they are fed a real or…

Azcapotzalco

(Encyclopedia) Azcapotzalco Azcapotzalco äskäpōtsälˈkō [key], city, S Mexico, in the Federal District. An important rail center, with railroad yards, it is the terminus of…

Brewer's: Knights of Industry

Sharpers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of LabourKnights of Carpetry A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Manchester, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Manchester. 1 Town (1990 pop. 51,618), Hartford co., central Conn.; settled c.1672, inc. 1823. Its sawmills and paper mills date from before the Revolutionary War. The city was also…

Durham, county, England

(Encyclopedia) Durham, officially County Durham, county, 1,015 sq mi (2,629 sq km), NE England, on the North Sea between the Tees and Tyne rivers;…

Kent, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Kent. 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 28,835), Portage co., NE Ohio; settled in 1805 as Franklin Mills, combined with Carthage and renamed as Kent 1863, inc. as a city 1920. Machinery and…

communications industry

(Encyclopedia) communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the…