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(Encyclopedia) Butkevičius, Algirdas, 1958–, Lithuanian politician. An economist by education, Butkevičius joined the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (SDPL) in 1992, was deputy chairman of the party from 19...

(Encyclopedia)  CE5 Hand telephone telephone, device for communicating sound, especially speech, usually by means of wires in an electric circuit. The telephones now in general use evolved from the device invente...

(Encyclopedia) Atsugi ätˌso͞oˈgē [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Sagami River. It is an important communication, commercial, and agricultural cente...

(Encyclopedia) Karatsu käräˈtso͞o [key], city (1990 pop. 79,207), Saga prefecture, NW Kyushu, Japan, on Karatsu Bay. It is a summer resort and fishing port important historically as Japan's ancient communication...

(Encyclopedia) Hadano hädäˈnō [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. An important co...

(Encyclopedia) Fukuyama fo͞oko͞oˈyämä [key], city, Hiroshima prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Ashida River. ...

(Encyclopedia) Zamora thämōˈrä [key], city (1990 pop. 63,436), capital of Zamora prov., NW Spain, in Castile and León, on the Duero River. It is a communications and agricultural marketing and processing center...

(Encyclopedia) Takamatsu täkäˈmätso͞o [key], city (1990 pop. 329,684), capital of Kagawa prefecture, NE Shikoku, Japan, a port on the Inland Sea. It is the chief communications point between Shikoku and Honshu ...

(Encyclopedia) Iqaluit ĭkälo͞oˈĭt [key], town, Nunavut Territory, Canada, at the NE head of Frobisher Bay on ...

(Encyclopedia) Spanish Town, city (1991 pop. 110,379), SE Jamaica, on the Cobre River. It is the commercial and processing center of a rich agricultural region, as well as the main rail and highway communications hu...