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(Encyclopedia) Illinois ĭlˌənoiˈ, –noizˈ [key], confederation of Native North Americans, comprising the Cahokia, the Kaskaskia, the Michigamea, the Moingwena, the Peoria, and the Tamaroa tribes. They belong t...
(Encyclopedia) trusteeship, territorial, system of UN control for territories that were not self-governing. It replaced the mandates of the League of Nations. Provided for under chapters 12 and 13 of the Charter of ...
(Encyclopedia) Temple, city (1990 pop. 46,109), Bell co., central Tex.; inc. 1882. In a rich blackland region, Temple has grain and textile mills, railroad shops, and plants that make computer printers and terminals...
(Encyclopedia) Eunice
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[key], city (2020 pop. 9,422), St. Landry parish, S central La.; inc.
1895...
(Encyclopedia) Mohawk, river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rising in central New York and flowing S then SE past Utica and Schenectady to enter the Hudson River at Cohoes. The Mohawk is canalized from Rome to its mouth (...
(Encyclopedia) Carlsbad
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[key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 114,746), San Diego co., S Calif.,
on the Paci...
(Encyclopedia) United Nations Commission on Conventional Armaments: see United Nations.
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(Encyclopedia) Army, United States Department of the: see Defense, United States Department of.
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(Encyclopedia) Navy, United States Department of the: see Defense, United States Department of.
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(Encyclopedia) Leahy, William Daniel, 1875–1959, American naval officer and diplomat, b. Hampton, Iowa. He served in the Spanish-American War, in the Philippines, then in Nicaragua (1912), in Haiti (1916), in the ...