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(Encyclopedia) Yuma yo͞oˈ mə [key], city (1990 pop. 54,923), seat of Yuma co., extreme SW Ariz., on the eastern bank of the Colorado River near the confluence of the Gila River; founded 1854, inc. as a city 1914....

(Encyclopedia) Bexley, city (2020 pop. 13,650), Franklin co., central Ohio; inc. 1908. It is a residential community completely within the confines of Columbus. ...

(Encyclopedia) Martin, Agnes (Agnes Bernice Martin), 1912–2004, American painter, b. Macklin, Canada. She moved to the United States in 1931, began painting in 1942,...

(Encyclopedia) Abbeville ăˈbēvĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 11,760), seat of Vermilion parish, S La., on the Vermilion River, with access to the Intracoastal Waterway; inc. 1850. It is a...

(Encyclopedia) Cairo kāˈrō, kâˈrō [key], city (2020 pop. 1,878), seat of Alexander co., extreme S Ill., on a ...

(Encyclopedia) women's clubs, groups that offer social, recreational, and cultural activities for adult females. Particularly strong in the United States, they became an important part of American town and village l...

(Encyclopedia) McCormack, John, 1884–1945, Irish-American tenor, b. Athlone, Ireland. He made his debut in London in 1907. In 1909, Oscar Hammerstein brought him to the United States. After his debut in New York C...

(Encyclopedia) Bing, Elisabeth Dorothea Koenigsberger, 1914–2015, American advocate of natural childbirth, b. Berlin. She left Germany for England in 1933, where she trained as a physical therapist and began worki...

(Encyclopedia) court system in the United States, judicial branches of the federal and state governments charged with the application and interpretation of the law. The U.S. court system is divided into two administ...

(Encyclopedia) Bellflower, city (2020 pop. 79,190), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1957. It is mainly residential with some light industry (fabricated metal products,...