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(Encyclopedia) Fort Scott National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Fort Vancouver National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Fort Davis National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table); Davis Mountains. ...

(Encyclopedia) Highsmith, Patricia, 1921–95, American novelist, b. Fort Worth, Tex., as Mary Patricia Plangman, grad. Barnard College (B.A. 1942). She first traveled to Europe in 1949 and moved there in 1963, livi...

(Encyclopedia) Gruen, Victor gro͞oˈən [key], 1903–80, American architect, often called the inventor of the modern shopping mall, b. Vienna as Viktor David Grünbaum. In Vienna, he studied at the Technological I...

(Encyclopedia) Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Wörther See, lake, Austria: see Maria Wörth. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ando, Tadao tädäō ändō [key], 1941–, Japanese architect, b. Osaka. The majority of his buildings are in Japan; he is particularly known for religious structures and museums. Informally apprenti...

(Encyclopedia) devaluation, decreasing the value of one nation's currency relative to gold or the currencies of other nations. It is usually undertaken as a means of correcting a deficit in the balance of payments. ...

(Encyclopedia) Riviera Beach rəvērˈə [key], resort city (1990 pop. 27,639), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on Lake Worth (a lagoon); inc. 1922. Research and development firms are located in the growing city. ...