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(Encyclopedia) Holocaust Memorial Museum, United States, in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall, memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. Designed by architect James Ingo Freed, it opened in 1993. Using a stark, ...
(Encyclopedia) Commerce, United States Department of, federal executive department charged with promoting U.S. economic development and technological advancement. In Feb., 1903, the Congress established a Department...
(Encyclopedia) International Trade Commission, United States, independent agency of the U.S. government established in 1916 as the Tariff Commission; renamed International Trade Commission in 1975. It is charged wit...
(Encyclopedia) Bow bō [key], river, 315 mi (507 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., S Alta., Canada, and flowing SE through Banff National Park. It emerges from the mountains in the Bow River Pass and continues pas...
(Encyclopedia) Gatineau gătˈĭnō [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the Laurentians, SW Que., Canada, and flowing S to the Ottawa River at Gatineau. There are several rapids with hydroelectric power ...
(Encyclopedia) Cocoa, city (2020 pop. 19,041),
Brevard co., E Fla., on the Indian River (a lagoon), a segment of the
Intracoastal Waterway; inc. 1895. It is a tourist ...
(Encyclopedia) Baldwin.
1 Uninc. city (2020 pop. 24,727), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the
south shore of Long Island, on Baldwin Bay; settled 1640s. A fishing center
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(Encyclopedia) Cliffside Park, borough (2020 pop.
25,693), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Palisades above the Hudson River,
opposite New York City; inc. 1895. A residenti...
(Encyclopedia) Dordogne, river, c.305 mi (490 km) long, rising near the Puy de Sancy in the Auvergne Mts., S central France. It flows southwest to join the Garonne River N of Bordeaux and to form the Gironde. The up...
(Encyclopedia) Thompson, river, 304 mi (489 km) long, formed by the junction of the North Thompson and the South Thompson rivers at Kamloops, S British Columbia, and flowing W and S to the Fraser River at Lytton. Th...