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(Encyclopedia) Ireland, National University of, founded 1908 to provide higher education for Irish Roman Catholics. It consists of three colleges: University College, Galway; University College, Cork; and University...
(Encyclopedia) West Des Moines də moinˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 31,702), Polk co., S central Iowa, a growing suburb W of Des Moines; inc. 1893 as Valley Junction, renamed 1938. Hybrid seed corn and sorghum are grow...
(Encyclopedia) Richardson, Elliot Lee, 1920–99, U.S. government official, b. Boston. Admitted to the bar in 1949, he was (1957–59) assistant secretary of health, education and welfare under President Dwight D. E...
(Encyclopedia) West Hempstead, uninc. city (1990 pop. 17,689, including Lakeview), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. It is chiefly residential.
(Encyclopedia) Middle West: see Midwest.
(Encyclopedia) West Bengal: see Bengal.
(Encyclopedia) West Berlin: see Berlin.
(Encyclopedia) West Germany: see Germany.
(Encyclopedia) West Malaysia: see Malaysia.
(Encyclopedia) West Papua: see Papua.