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(Encyclopedia) American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), largest union of public employees in the United States. It began as a number of separate locals organized by a group of Wisconsi...
(Encyclopedia) honey, sweet, viscid fluid produced by honeybees from the nectar of flowers. The nectar is taken from the flower by the worker bee and is carried in the honey sac back to the hive. It is transformed i...
(Encyclopedia) Trenchard, Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount, 1873–1956, British air marshal. He entered the army in 1893 and served in the South African War. During World War I he commanded the Royal Flying Co...
(Encyclopedia) Berlin
bûrˈlən, bərlĭnˈ
[key], city (2020 pop. 10,118), Coos co., NE N.H., in the White Mts. at
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(Encyclopedia) George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George), 1895–1952, king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936–52), second son of George V; successor of his elder brother, Edward VIII. He attended the ro...
(Encyclopedia) Charente
shäräNtˈ
[key], department, W France. The capital is Angoulême. The brandy
disti...
(Encyclopedia) National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States: see under 9/11.
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(Encyclopedia) Joint Base Andrews, officially Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington, formerly Andrews Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 4,279 acres (1,732 hectares), central Md., est. 1943. It i...
(Encyclopedia) aerobics ârōˈbiks [key], [Gr.,=with oxygen], system of endurance exercises that promote cardiovascular fitness by producing and sustaining an elevated heart rate for a prolonged period of time, the...
(Encyclopedia) William, (William
Arthur Philip Louis), 1982–, Prince of Wales of Great Britian, eldest
son of King Charles
III and Diana ...