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(Encyclopedia) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), federal observatory for radio astronomy, founded in 1956 and operated under contract with the National Science Foundation by Associated Universities, Inc.,...
(Encyclopedia) Simic, Charles
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[key], 1938–2023, American poet, b. Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now in
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(Encyclopedia) Fish, family long prominent in New York politics.
Nicholas Fish, 1758–1833, b. New York City. He studied law before serving ably as a major in a New York regiment throughout the American Revolution....
(Encyclopedia) Manning, Olivia, 1911–80, English novelist, b. Portsmouth, Hampshire. During World War II she served as a journalist in the Middle East. She is best known for her “Balkan trilogy”: The Great For...
(Encyclopedia) South Hadley, residential town (1990 pop. 16,685), Hampshire co., W Mass., on the Connecticut River near the Holyoke Range; settled 1684, inc. 1775. Its paper industry dates from the early 19th cent. ...
(Encyclopedia) Easthampton
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[key], town (2020 pop. 16,211), Hampshire co., W Mass.; inc. 1809. It is
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(Encyclopedia) Wither, George, 1588–1667, English poet, b. Hampshire, studied at Oxford. While in prison for having written the satires Abuses Stript and Whipt (1613), he wrote five pastorals under the title The S...
(Encyclopedia) New Guinea, Territory of: see Papua New Guinea.
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(Encyclopedia) New-York Historical Society, New York City. Founded in 1804, the society is a repository of art, artifacts, and literature relating to American, especially New York, history. Among its celebrated perm...
(Encyclopedia) New Madrid Fault System: see under New Madrid, Mo.
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