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Saltwater Fish

SpeciesLbs-OzWhere CaughtDateAnglerAlbacore88-2Gran Canaria, Canary IslandsNov. 19, 1977Siegfried DickemannAmberjack, greater155-12Challenger Bank, BermudaAug. 16, 1992Larry TrottAngelfish,…

Daytona Beach

(Encyclopedia) Daytona Beach Daytona Beach dātōˈnə [key], city (2020 pop. 72,647), Volusia co., NE Fla., on the…

Hoffman Estates, IL Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over37,710100.0In labor force27,63173.3Civilian labor force27,60173.2Employed26,72870.9Unemployed8732.3Percent of civilian labor force3.2(X…

Miami Beach

(Encyclopedia) Miami Beach, city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. Miami Beach is…

will, in law

(Encyclopedia) will, in law, document expressing the wishes of a person (known as a testator) concerning the disposition of her property after her death. If a person dies intestate, i.e., without a…

homelessness

(Encyclopedia) homelessness, the condition of not having a permanent place to live, widely perceived as a societal problem only beginning in the 1980s. Figures for the number of homeless people in…

Douglas, Donald Wills

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Donald Wills, 1892–1981, aviation pioneer and aerospace executive, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1914. He helped design the first wind tunnel…

Western Cape

(Encyclopedia) Western Cape, province (2011 pop. 5,822,734), 49,986 sq mi (129,462 sq km), SW South Africa, on the Atlantic and Indian oceans. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid…

Shaw, Run Run

(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Run Run, 1907–2014, Chinese film mogul, best known of the six Shaw brothers who founded an Asian movie empire. In Shanghai, he and his elder brother Runme Shaw made their first…

Redondo Beach

(Encyclopedia) Redondo BeachRedondo Beachrĭdŏnˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a…