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(Encyclopedia) Damanhur dämänho͝orˈ [key], city (1986 pop. 188,939), capital of Beheira governorate, N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. It is a communications center and a market for cotton and rice. Industries i...

(Encyclopedia) Couper, James Hamilton ko͞oˈpər [key], 1794–1866, American planter of Georgia, grad. Yale, 1814. Influential in promoting agricultural research and experimentation, he was a pioneer in the cultiv...

(Encyclopedia) Stuttgart stŭtˈgärt, –gərt [key], city (1990 pop. 10,420), a seat of Arkansas co., E central Ark.; inc. 1889. It is a trade and processing center of a rice-growing area. Machinery and food are p...

(Encyclopedia) Sari särēˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 167,602), capital of Mazandaran prov., N Iran, near the Caspian Sea. It is the trade center for a farm region where citrus fruit, cotton, rice, and sugarcane are g...

(Encyclopedia) Bahraich bärīchˈ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, NE India, on the Saryu River. A district ...

(Encyclopedia) Governador Valadares go͝ovərnədo͞orˈ vələᵺäˈrəs [key], city, Minas Gerais...

(Encyclopedia) Eunice yo͞oˈnĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 9,422), St. Landry parish, S central La.; inc. 1895...

(Encyclopedia) Faridpur fərēdˈpoŏr [key], town, S Bangladesh. It is a district administrative center, a ...

(Encyclopedia) Ewing, William Maurice, 1906–74, American oceanographer and geologist, b. Lackney, Tex., grad. Rice Institute, now Rice Univ. (B.S., 1926; M.A., 1927; Ph.D., 1931). He taught physics and geology at ...

(Encyclopedia) Petty, Richard, 1937–, American auto racing driver, b. Level Cross, N.C. The son of Lee Petty, a champion stock car race driver, he won a record 200 National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ra...