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(Encyclopedia) Burlington.
1 City (2020 pop. 23,982), seat of Des Moines co., SE Iowa, on
four hills overlooking the Mississippi (spanned there by rail and highway
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(Encyclopedia) Cleveland.
1 City (2020 pop. 372,674), seat of Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, on
Lake Erie at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River; laid out (1796) by Moses
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(Encyclopedia) Coolidge, Calvin, 1872–1933, 30th President of the United States (1923–29), b. Plymouth, Vt. John Calvin Coolidge was a graduate of Amherst College and was admitted to the bar in 1897. He practice...
(Encyclopedia) Boston, city (2020 pop. 692,600),
state capital and seat of Suffolk co., E Mass., on Boston Bay, an arm of
Massachusetts Bay; inc. 1822. The city includ...
(Encyclopedia) United States Government Printing Office and United States Government Publishing Office: see Government Publishing Office, United States.
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(Encyclopedia) Portland. 1 City (1990 pop. 64,358), seat of Cumberland co., SW Maine, situated on a small peninsula and adjacent land, with a large, deepwater harbor on Casco Bay; settled c.1632, set off from Falmou...
(Encyclopedia) Space Force, United States (USSF), military force that forms a separate service within the U.S. Dept. of the Air Force, est. Dec. 20, 2019, by act of Congress. The head of the Space Force is the Chief...
(Encyclopedia) Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas: see under Big Bend National Park.
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(Encyclopedia) Yakima yăkˈəmô, –mə [key], city (1990 pop. 54,827), seat of Yakima co., S central Wash., on the Yakima River just below its confluence with the Naches; inc. 1886. It is the trade and shipping c...
(Encyclopedia) health insurance, prepayment plan providing services or cash indemnities for medical care needed in times of illness or disability. It is effected by voluntary plans, either commercial or nonprofit, o...