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(Encyclopedia) Clinton, George, 1739–1812, American statesman, vice president of the United States (1805–1812), b. Little Britain, N.Y. Before he was 20 he served on a privateer and, in the French and Indian War...

(Encyclopedia) Savannah, river, 314 mi (505 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca rivers and flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean; with the Tugaloo it forms the entire S.C.–Ga. boundary. Savanna...

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(Encyclopedia) Brown, Charles Quinton, Jr., 1962–, American air force general, b. San Antonio, Tex., B.S Texas Tech Univ., 1984, M.S. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., 1994. An ROTC graduate, he was commissioned as...

(Encyclopedia) Fairfield. 1 City (2020 pop. 10,000), Jefferson co., N central Ala., an industrial suburb of Birmingham; inc. 1919. Founded (1910) by the United ...

(Encyclopedia) Battle of Britain, in World War II, series of air battles between Great Britain and Germany, fought over Britain from Aug. to Oct., 1940. As a prelude to a planned invasion of England, the German Luft...

(Encyclopedia) Fenneman, Nevin M. nĕvˈĭn fĕnˈəmən [key], 1865–1945, American geologist, geographer, and teacher, b. Lima, Ohio; B.A. (1883) Heidelberg College, Ohio; M.A. (1900); Ph.D. (1901) Univ. of Chica...

(Encyclopedia) States of the Church: see Papal States. ...