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(Encyclopedia) American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a federation of autonomous labor unions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, and U.S. dependencies, formed in ...
(Encyclopedia) Independence.
1 City (2020 pop. 6,064), seat of Buchanan co., NE Iowa;
founded 1847. Located on the Wapsipinicon River, the town's grist mill
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(Encyclopedia) coal, fuel substance of plant origin, largely or almost entirely composed of carbon with varying amounts of mineral matter.
Coal is found in beds or seams interstratified with shales, clays, sands...
(Encyclopedia) Lions International, organization of business and professional people, founded (1917) by Melvin Jones. The International Association of Lions Clubs (popularly known as Lions International) is devoted ...
(Encyclopedia) Natchez, city (1990 pop. 19,460), seat of Adams co., SW Miss., on bluffs above the Mississippi River; settled 1716, inc. 1803. It is the trade, shipping, and processing center for a soybean, corn, cot...
(Encyclopedia) Straujuma, Laimdota līmˈdōtä strouˈyo͞omä [key], 1951–, Latvian economist and political leader. Straujuma was a division head (1993–97) at the Agriculture Consulting and Education Center of...
(Encyclopedia) Arkansas ärkănˈzəs, ärˈkənsôˌ [key], river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo., and flowing generally SE across the plains to the Mississippi River, SE Ark.; ...
(Encyclopedia) Annapolis
ənăpˈəlĭs
[key], city (2020 pop. 40,812), state capital and seat of Anne Arundel co., central Md., on
the south bank of the Severn River. Annapolis is a por...
(Encyclopedia) croquet krōkāˈ [key], lawn game in which the players hit wooden balls with wooden mallets through a series of 9 or 10 wire arches, or wickets. The first player to hit the posts placed at each end o...
(Encyclopedia) Austin.
1 City, seat of Mower co., SE Minn., on the Cedar River, near the Iowa line; inc.
1868. The commercial and industrial center of a rich farm region, it is noted as home to the
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