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(Encyclopedia) Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818–93, American politician and Union general in the Civil War, b. Deerfield, N.H. He moved to Lowell, Mass., as a youth and later practiced law there and in Boston. He w...
(Encyclopedia) Kerry, John Forbes, 1943–, U.S. politician, b. Denver, grad. Yale, 1966, Boston College law school, 1976. A decorated navy veteran who served two tours in Vietnam after graduating from Yale, Kerry w...
(Encyclopedia) Parry Sound, town (1991 pop. 6,125), S Ont., Canada, on Parry Sound, an inlet of Georgian Bay of Lake Huron. It is an active port and the center of a popular vacation area.
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(Encyclopedia) Babylon, residential village (2020
pop. 11,912), Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, on Great South Bay;
settled 1689, inc. 1893. The first U.S. wirel...
(Encyclopedia) Piedmont, city (1990 pop. 10,602), Alameda co., W Calif., a suburb of Oakland; inc. 1907. It is a hilly, residential city. Many of its homes enjoy a spectacular view of the San Francisco Bay area.
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(Encyclopedia) Aichi
īˈchē
[key], prefecture, 1,962 sq mi (5,082 sq km), central Honshu, Japan. Bounded on the S and W
by Ise Bay, Aichi consists of a coastal plain (the Nobi Plain) a...
(Encyclopedia) Hayward.
<1> City (2020 pop. 162,954), Alameda co., W Calif.; settled
1851, inc. 1876. It is an important commercial and distribution center for
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(Encyclopedia) Waterford wôˈtərfərd [key], county (1991 pop. 91,624), 710 sq mi (1,839 sq km), S Republic of Ireland. The county seat is the port town of Waterford. Although the terrain is largely hilly, there a...
(Encyclopedia) Prince William Sound, large, irregular, islanded inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, S Alaska, E of the Kenai peninsula. It has many bays and good harbors; the large Columbia Glacier flows into Columbia Bay,...
(Encyclopedia) Parrsboro, town (1991 pop. 1,634), N N.S., Canada, a port on the north shore of Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy. It is a local tourist center and an export point for lumber and plywood.
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