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Mequon

(Encyclopedia) MequonMequonmĕkˈwŏn [key], city (1990 pop. 18,885), Ozaukee co., SE Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee, on Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River; est. 1846, inc. 1957. It has varied…

Fort Bragg

(Encyclopedia) Fort Bragg, U.S. army base, 11,136 acres (4,507 hectares), E N.C., N of Fayetteville; est. 1918. Originally an artillery post, it is now the principal U.S. army airborne-training…

Camp LeJeune

(Encyclopedia) Camp LeJeuneCamp LeJeuneləzh&oomacr;nˈ [key], U.S. marine corps base, 82,969 acres (33,576 hectares), SE N.C., SE of Jacksonville; est. 1941. It is the major East Coast training…

Lackland Air Force Base

(Encyclopedia) Lackland Air Force BaseLackland Air Force Baselăkˈlənd [key], U.S. military installation, c.6,835 acres (2,766 hectares), S Tex., W of San Antonio; est. 1941, amalgated 2010 with Fort…

Lawes, Lewis Edward

(Encyclopedia) Lawes, Lewis Edward, 1883–1947, American penologist, b. Elmira, N.Y. As warden (1920–41) of Sing Sing Prison, a New York state prison located at Ossining, N.Y., he carried out many…

Sandhurst

(Encyclopedia) Sandhurst, village, Bracknell Forest, S central England. It is the site of the British army officer-training school, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. The original Sandhurst school…

Ozark

(Encyclopedia) OzarkOzarkōˈzärk [key], city (1990 pop. 12,922), seat of Dale co., SE Ala.; settled 1820, inc. 1870. It is a shipping center for nuts and timber. Manufactures include aircraft,…

weight lifting

(Encyclopedia) weight lifting, international sport, also a training technique for athletes in other sports. From the earliest times men have lifted weights as a test of strength. Long popular as a…

United States Air Force Academy

(Encyclopedia) United States Air Force Academy, at Colorado Springs, Colo.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. air force; authorized in 1954 by Congress. Temporary quarters…

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von

(Encyclopedia) Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron vonSteuben, Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron vonsty&oomacr;ˈbən, Ger. frēˈdrĭkh vĭlˈhĕlm bärōnˈ fən shtoiˈbən [key], 1730–94, Prussian army officer,…