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(Encyclopedia) Saint Joseph sānt jōˈzəf [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 9,214), seat of Berrien co., SW Mich., a port on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the St. Joseph River across from Benton Harbor; inc. 1834. Located ...
(Encyclopedia) United States Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. army; founded and opened in 1802. The original act provided that the Corps of Engineers...
(Encyclopedia) United States National Science Foundation: see National Science Foundation.
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(Encyclopedia) Berea
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[key]. <1> city (2020 pop. 16,594), Madison co., central
Kentucky; inc...
(Encyclopedia) United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement: see North American Free Trade Agreement.
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(Encyclopedia) Ipswich, town (2020 pop. 13,785),
Essex co., NE Mass., on the Ipswich River and Ipswich Bay; inc. 1634.
Ipswich clams are found there. Tourism and the p...
(Encyclopedia) Western Reserve, tract of land in NE Ohio, on the southern shore of Lake Erie, retained by Connecticut in 1786 when it ceded its claims to its western lands (see Northwest Territory). In 1792, Connect...
(Encyclopedia) Barrow, city (2020 pop. 4,390), N
Alaska; inc. 1958. It is the northernmost (71° 16′ N) U.S.
settlement and the trade center of the Alaska North Slop...
(Encyclopedia) Roth v. United States, case decided in 1957 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Samuel Roth of New York City was convicted of mailing obscene materials. On appeal his conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Cou...
(Encyclopedia) Health, Education, and Welfare, United States Department of: see Education, United States Department of; Health and Human Services, United States Department of.
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