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(Encyclopedia) Mende mäNd [key], city (1990 pop. 12,667), capital of Lozère dept., S France, on the Lot River. Mende is a tourist resort. It was originally a small Gallo-Roman city that became an episcopal see in ...

(Encyclopedia) Kerr, Walter Francis, 1913–96, American drama critic, b. Evanston, Ill. He wrote for the theater in the 1930s, and became drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune in 1951 and for the New York Ti...

(Encyclopedia) Simi Valley sēˈmē, sĭmˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Highly residential, the city also produces a variety...

(Encyclopedia) Steubenville sto͞oˈbənvĭl [key], city (1990 pop. 22,125), seat of Jefferson co., E central Ohio, on the Ohio River; laid out c.1797, inc. as a city 1851. Its once significant steel and coking indu...

(Encyclopedia) Villefranche-sur-Saône vēlfräNshˈ-sür-sōn [key], town (1990 pop. 29,889), Rhône dept., E central France, on the Morgon River. Its industries include weaving, cotton dyeing, and the manufacture ...

(Encyclopedia) Belknap, Jeremy bĕlˈnăp [key], 1744–98, American historian, b. Boston. A Congregational minister, he wrote history out of antiquarian interest, but showed great diligence and skill in research an...

(Encyclopedia) Épinal āpēnälˈ [key], town, capital of Vosges dept., E France, in Lorraine, on the Mosel...

(Encyclopedia) debt, public, indebtedness of a central government expressed in money terms, often referred to as national debt. The debt is computed differently by nearly every nation. Some authorities exclude all g...

(Encyclopedia) war debts. This article discusses the obligations incurred by foreign governments for loans made to them by the United States during and shortly after World War I. For international obligations arisin...

(Encyclopedia) inflation, in economics, persistent and relatively large increase in the general price level of goods and services. Its opposite is deflation, a process of generally declining prices. The U.S. Bureau ...