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(Encyclopedia) Figueres –räs [key] town, Girona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, near the French border. Tr...

(Encyclopedia) Corsica kôrˈsĭkə [key], Fr. Corse, island, 3,352 sq mi (8,682 sq km), a region of metropo...

(Encyclopedia) Rivera, Julio Adalberto rēvāˈrä [key], 1921–73, president of El Salvador (1962–67). An army lieutenant colonel, he headed the junta that overthrew the leftist government in Jan., 1961. His ju...

(Encyclopedia) Ruef, Abraham (Abe Ruef) ro͞of [key], 1864–1936, American political boss, b. San Francisco. He practiced law in San Francisco after 1886 and became a familiar figure in San Francisco ward politics....

(Encyclopedia) Upland, city (1990 pop. 63,374), San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1906. There is food processing, tool and die making, and the manufacture of electronics, buildi...

(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Scotland: see Lewis and Harris. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ithaca, Greece: see Itháki.

(Encyclopedia) Hydra, Greece: see Ídhra.

(Encyclopedia) Ezel: see Saaremaa, Estonia.

(Encyclopedia) Millbrae mĭlbrāˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 20,412), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1948. It is primarily residential, but there is light manufacturing, including the production of...