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(Encyclopedia) state of emergency, situation in which a government or a government body is empowered to act with enhanced powers in order to respond to a crisis. The enhanced or emergency powers, and in many cases i...

(Encyclopedia) Devon Island, c.20,900 sq mi (54,100 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada, between Baffin and Ellesmere islands.

(Encyclopedia) State College, borough (1990 pop. 38,923), Centre co., central Pa., surrounded by farmland; settled 1859, inc. 1896. Manufacturing includes electronic products, foods, chemicals, and bottled water. Ag...

(Encyclopedia) United States, Great Seal of the, official impression that validates a United States government document. It was adopted by the Continental Congress in 1782 and, with only minor changes in the design,...

(Encyclopedia) Mackinac Island: see Mackinac.

(Encyclopedia) Acklins Island: see Bahamas.

(Encyclopedia) Marcus Island: see Minamitori. ...

(Encyclopedia) Canton Island: see Kanton.

(Encyclopedia) Chatham Island: see Savai'i.

(Encyclopedia) Humphrey Island: see Manihiki.