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(Encyclopedia)Winfield, city (1990 pop. 11,931), seat of Cowley co., S central Kans., on the Walnut River; inc. 1873. The economy is based on agriculture and oil and gas wells. Among Winfield's manufactures are pla...Maine, state, United States
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Maine, largest of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by New Hampshire (W), the Canadian provinces of Quebec (NW) and New Brunswick (NE), the Bay of Fundy (E), and th...interest
(Encyclopedia)interest, charge for the use of credit or money, usually figured as a percentage of the principal and computed annually. Simple interest is computed annually on the principal. Compound interest, paid ...Griffin, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Griffin, city (2020 pop. 23,478), seat of Spalding co., W central Ga., in a farm and cotton area increasingly integrated into metropolitan Atlanta's eco...Guadalajara, town, Spain
(Encyclopedia)Guadalajara, town, capital of Guadalajara prov., central Spain, in Castile–La Mancha, on the Henares River. Its economy is mainly agricultural. It flo...Normal
(Encyclopedia)Normal, town (1990 pop. 40,023), McLean co., central Ill.; inc. 1865. It is the center of a productive farming region. Motor vehicles are manufactured in Normal. The town originally grew around Illino...Phillipsburg
(Encyclopedia)Phillipsburg, town (1990 pop. 15,757), Warren co., NW N.J., on the Delaware River opposite Easton, Pa.; settled 1739, inc. 1861. It is a railroad and industrial center in a farm area. Iron and steelwo...Richland
(Encyclopedia)Richland, city (1990 pop. 32,315), Benton co., S Wash., at the confluence of the Columbia and Yakima rivers, in an irrigated farm and vineyard region; inc. 1958. It is the headquarters of the U.S. Dep...Coxe, Tench
(Encyclopedia)Coxe, Tench kŏks [key], 1755–1824, American political economist, b. Philadelphia. He entered his father's mercantile business in 1776, but after 1790, when he became assistant to Alexander Hamilton...Caribbean Community and Common Market
(Encyclopedia)Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), organization founded by the Treaty of Chaguaramas (Trinidad; 1973, revised 2001) and including Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica...Browse by Subject
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