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Ravalomanana, Marc

(Encyclopedia) Ravalomanana, MarcRavalomanana, Marcmärk rävälōmänänˈ [key], 1949–, Malagasy political leader. He made a fortune manufacturing dairy products and began his political career in 1999…

Ichinomiya

(Encyclopedia) Ichinomiya Ichinomiya ēchĭnōˈmēyä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an…

Lincoln sheep

(Encyclopedia) Lincoln sheep, very large-bodied, white-faced, hornless breed having coarse wool, developed in England. It has made considerable contributions to the American sheep industry in the…

Carson

(Encyclopedia) Carson, city (2020 pop. 95,558), Los Angeles co., S Calif., an industrial and residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1968. Oil refining…

Siglufjörður

(Encyclopedia) SiglufjörðurSiglufjörðursĭkˈləfyörˌᵺər [key], town (1993 pop. 1,781), N Iceland, on the Greenland Sea. It is known as the capital of Iceland's herring industry.

Oregon, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 OregonOregonŏrˈĭgən, –gŏn [key], state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is bordered by Washington, largely across the Columbia River (N), Idaho, partially…

Ruth Hanna McCORMICK, Congress, IL (1880-1944)

MCCORMICK Ruth Hanna , A Representative from Illinois; born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 27, 1880; attended Hathaway Brown School in Cleveland, Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.) School, and Miss Porter's School in…

East Cleveland

(Encyclopedia) East Cleveland, city (2020 pop. 13,792), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1911. Mostly residential, it has some…

Staines

(Encyclopedia) Staines, city (1991 pop. 12,886), Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River. On the edge of Greater London, Staines is residential. There is some industry, such as the manufacture of…