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(Encyclopedia) State, United States Department of, executive department of the federal government responsible, under the President's direction, for the making and execution of American foreign policy.
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(Encyclopedia) Sierra Madre sēĕrˈə mäˈdrā [key], residential city (1990 pop. 10,762), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the foot of Mt. Wilson; inc. 1907. There is some light manufacturing.
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(Encyclopedia) San Marino săn mərēˈnō [key], residential city (1990 pop. 12,959), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1913. Of interest is the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
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(Encyclopedia) Charlestown, former city, now part of Boston, Middlesex co., E Mass., on Boston Harbor, between the Mystic and the Charles rivers; settled 1629, included in Boston 1874. The oldest part of Boston, it ...
(Encyclopedia) Fort Smith, city (2020 pop. 89,142),
seat of Sebastian co., NW Ark., at the Okla. line where the Arkansas and
Poteau rivers join; inc. 1842. It is the r...
(Encyclopedia) Rock Island, city (1990 pop. 40,552), seat of Rock Island co., NW Ill., on the Mississippi and Rock rivers, adjacent to Moline and opposite Davenport, Iowa; inc. 1841. These three cities, with Bettend...
(Encyclopedia) Saint Albans sānt ôlˈbənz [key], city (1990 pop. 11,194), Kanawha co., W W.Va., at the junction of the Coal and Kanawha rivers; settled c.1790, inc. 1868. It is chiefly residential, with diverse l...
(Encyclopedia) Des Plaines
dĕs plānz
[key], city (2020 pop. 60,675), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on
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(Encyclopedia) Querétaro kārāˈtärō [key], officially Santiago de Querétaro, city (1990 pop. 385,503) and capital of Querétaro de Arteaga state, central Mexico. It is a distribution center with industries pro...
(Encyclopedia) Coeur d'Alene
kûrdəlānˈ
[key], city (2020 pop. 54,628), seat of Kootenai co., N Idaho, near the
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