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(Encyclopedia) Middlesborough, city (1990 pop. 11,328), Bell co., S Ky., in the Cumberland Mts. near the point where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet; inc. 1890. It is a coal-mining center with meat and coal p...

(Encyclopedia) Cedar Creek, small tributary of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, N of Strasburg, N Va. It was the scene of a Civil War battle (Oct. 19, 1864) in which Union general P. H. Sheridan defeated J. A...

(Encyclopedia) National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent agency in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government concerned with promoting a national science policy by supporting basic research and educ...

(Encyclopedia) National Republican party, in U.S. history, a short-lived political party opposed to Andrew Jackson. In the election of 1828, which Jackson won overwhelmingly, some of the supporters of his opponent, ...

(Encyclopedia) national debt: see debt, public. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kalispell kălˈĭspĕlˌ, –pĕlˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 11,917), seat of Flathead co., NW Mont., at the head of Flathead Lake near Glacier National Park; inc. 1892. It is the tourist and trade cen...

(Encyclopedia) Palm Springs, city (1990 pop. 40,181), Riverside co., S Calif.; founded 1876, inc. 1938. It is a verdant desert oasis and a resort with classic mid-20th cent. architecture (known as Mid-Century Modern...

(Encyclopedia) Kirishima, Mount, or Kirishimayama, volcanic complex, N of Kagoshima Bay on the border between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, Kyushu, S Japan. Consisting of some 30 stratovolcanoes, craters, and ...

(Encyclopedia) Pennines pĕnˈīnz [key] or Pennine Chain, mountain range, sometimes called the “backbone of England,” extending c.160 mi (260 km) from the Cheviot Hills on the Scottish border to the Peak Distri...

(Encyclopedia) Chamizal National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...