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President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Jefferies, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Jefferies, RichardJefferies, Richardjĕfˈrēz [key], 1848–87, English author. A naturalist, he wrote several books about the English countryside. He first achieved recognition with the…Makarenko, Anton Semyonovich
(Encyclopedia) Makarenko, Anton Semyonovich, 1888–1939, Russian educator. In the 1920s, Makarenko organized the Gorky Colony, a home for children left homeless by the Russian Revolution of Oct., 1917…Old Orchard Beach
(Encyclopedia) Old Orchard Beach, town (1990 pop. 7,789), York co., SW Maine, on the Atlantic coast; settled c.1631, inc. 1883. For many years a popular summer resort, it has a beach and amusement…Edina
(Encyclopedia) Edina Edina ēdīˈnə [key], town (2020 pop. 53,494), Hennepin co., E Minn., a residential…Zugspitze
(Encyclopedia) ZugspitzeZugspitzets&oomacr;kˈshpĭtˈsə [key], mountain, 9,721 ft (2,963 m) high, in the Bavarian Alps and on the German–Austrian border; highest peak of Germany. A cog-and-pinion…Yasnaya Polyana
(Encyclopedia) Yasnaya PolyanaYasnaya Polyanayäˈsnīə pəlyäˈnə [key], village, central European Russia, just S of Tula. It was the birthplace and residence of Leo Tolstoy, who is buried at his estate…poor law
(Encyclopedia) poor law, in English history, legislation relating to public assistance for the poor. Early measures to relieve pauperism were usually designed to suppress vagrancy and begging. In…land-grant colleges and universities
(Encyclopedia) land-grant colleges and universities, U.S. institutions benefiting from the provisions of the Morrill Act (1862), which gave to the states federal lands for the establishment of…Trending
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