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Ellwood City
(Encyclopedia)Ellwood City, industrial borough (2020 pop. 7,166), Beaver and Lawrence counties, W central Pa., near the Ohio line; inc. 1892. It has many metal-produc...Empire State Building
(Encyclopedia)Empire State Building, in central Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Ave. between 33d St. and 34th St. It was designed by the firm of Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon and built in 1930–31. For many years it...Darien, town, United States
(Encyclopedia)Darien dârˈēĕnˌ [key], residential town (2020 pop. 21,499), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on ...Chelsea, borough, Greater London, England
(Encyclopedia)Chelsea, England: see Kensington and Chelsea. ...Enfield, borough, Greater London, England
(Encyclopedia)Enfield, outer borough of Greater London, SE England. It is residential, with important concentrations of industry. Rifles, electrical products, boilers...Harrow, borough, Greater London, England
(Encyclopedia)Harrow, outer borough of Greater London, SE England. For centuries Harrow grew foodstuffs for London. It is mainly residential and contains parts of the...Greenwich, borough, Greater London, England
(Encyclopedia)Greenwich grĭnˈīj, grĕnˈ– [key], inner borough of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames River. ...Kingstown, borough, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia)Kingstown, borough, Republic of Ireland: see Dún Laoghaire. ...Bexley, borough, Greater London, England
(Encyclopedia)Bexley, outer borough of Greater London, SE England. Bexley has many parks and open areas. Within the borough, Erith and Crayford are industrial centers...Walsh, Lawrence Edward
(Encyclopedia)Walsh, Lawrence Edward, 1912–2014, Canadian-born American lawyer, grad. Columbia (1932), Columbia law school (1935). Walsh's family moved to the Unite States while he was an infant. A Republican, he...Browse by Subject
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