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(Encyclopedia) Education, United States Department of, executive department of the federal government responsible for advising on educational plans and policies, providing assistance for education, and carrying out ...
(Encyclopedia) Trucial States: see United Arab Emirates.
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(Encyclopedia) San Francisco Ballet, America's first
classical ballet company, est. 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet by the
dancer Adolph Bolm. Based at the War ...
(Encyclopedia) Montpelier mŏntpēlˈyər [key], city (1990 pop. 8,247), state capital (since 1805) and seat of Washington co., central Vt., at the junction of the Winooski and North Branch rivers; inc. 1855. The ec...
(Encyclopedia) Ohio, river, 981 mi (1,579 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in SW Pa., at Pittsburgh; it flows northwest, then generally southwest to enter the Mississippi Ri...
(Encyclopedia) Rio Grande rēˈō grănd, rēˈō gränˈdē [key], river, c.1,885 mi (3,000 km) long, rising in SW Colo. in the San Juan Mts. and flowing south through the middle of N.Mex., past Albuquerque, then c...
(Encyclopedia) Ithaca
ĭthˈəkə
[key], city (2020 pop. 32,108), seat of Tompkins co., S central N.Y., at
t...
(Encyclopedia) United States Naval Observatory, a federal astronomical observatory, located in Washington, D. C. It evolved from the Navy's oldest scientific institution, the Depot of Charts and Instruments, founded...
(Encyclopedia) Aguascalientes
äˌgwäskälyānˈtās,
äˌwäs–
[key] [Span.,=hot waters], state, 2,007 sq mi (5,200 sq km), central Mexico, on the
Anáhuac plateau. Aguascali...
(Encyclopedia) Rush-Bagot Convention rŭsh-băgˈət [key], 1817, agreement between the United States and Great Britain concerning the Canadian border. It consisted of the exchange of notes signed by Richard Rush, A...