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(Encyclopedia) Alexandria.
1 City (2020 pop. 45,275), seat of Rapides parish, central La., on the Red River;
inc. 1818. It is a trade, rail, and medical center for a rich agricultural and timber area.
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(Encyclopedia) New Sweden, Swedish colony (1638–55), on the Delaware River; included parts of what are now Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. With the support of Swedish statesman Axel Oxenstierna, Admiral Kl...
(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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Missouri mĭzo͝orˈē, –ə [key], one of the midwestern states of the United States. It is bordered by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee, across the Mississippi River (E), Arkansas (S), Okla...
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Connecticut kənĕtˈĭkət [key], southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W)...
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Mississippi mĭsˌəsĭpˈē [key], one of the Deep South states of the United States. It is bordered by Alabama (E), the Gulf of Mexico (S), Arkansas and Louisiana, with most of that border fo...
(Encyclopedia) Berlin
bûrˈlən, bərlĭnˈ
[key], city (2020 pop. 10,118), Coos co., NE N.H., in the White Mts. at
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(Encyclopedia) War Department, United States, federal executive department organized (1789) to administer the military establishment. It was reconstituted (1947) as the Dept. of the Army when the military administra...