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(Encyclopedia) Millville, city (1990 pop. 25,992), Cumberland co., S N.J., on the Maurice River, in a poultry, fruit, and truck-farm area; settled 1756, inc. 1866. The principal industries include aircraft engine re...

(Encyclopedia) New Zealand literature. In the 20th cent. New Zealand developed a vital literary tradition, though only a few of its authors are well-known outside its islands: Katherine Mansfield, short-story writer...

(Encyclopedia) Rocourt rôko͞orˈ [key], small town, Liège prov., E Belgium. There, in the War of the Austrian Succession, the French under Maurice de Saxe defeated (Oct., 1746) the allied English and Austrians. ...

(Encyclopedia) Barre, Raymond bär [key], 1924–2007, French politician. He studied at the Institut D'Études Politiques, taught, and then, in 1959, became an economic adviser to the government of Charles de Gaulle...

(Encyclopedia) Debray, Jules Régis zhül rāzhēsˈ dəbrāˈ [key], 1940–, French journalist and government official. He went to Cuba, taught philosophy at the Univ. of Havana, and, after lengthy conversations w...

(Encyclopedia) Grand-Mère gräNmĕrˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, on the St. Maurice River, N of Trois Riv...

(Encyclopedia) Fontenoy fôNtənwäˈ [key], village, Hainaut prov., SW Belgium, near Tournai. There, in 1745, Count Maurice de Saxe, in his most celebrated victory, led the French against the British and their alli...

(Encyclopedia) Pápa päˈpŏ [key], town (1991 est. pop. 33,500), W Hungary, in a grain- and beet-growing area. It is an industrial town; textiles, cigars, and footwear are among the major products. Pápa has sever...

(Encyclopedia) Delors, Jacques (Jacques Lucien Jean Delors) zhäk lo͞osyăNˈ zhäN dəlôrˈ [key] 1925–, French economist and politician and European statesman, president (1985–95) of the European Commission....

(Encyclopedia) Cap de la Madeleine käp də lä mädlĕnˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Maurice and St....