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Temple, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Temple, city (1990 pop. 46,109), Bell co., central Tex.; inc. 1882. In a rich blackland region, Temple has grain and textile mills, railroad shops, and plants that make computer…

Tychyna, Pavlo

(Encyclopedia) Tychyna, Pavlo, 1891–1967, Ukrainian poet. Tychyna's first volume of verse (Solar Clarinets, 1919) revealed a strong symbolist influence. His later poetry, including The Party is our…

Port Radium

(Encyclopedia) Port Radium, mining village, N central Northwest Territories, Canada, on Great Bear Lake. The mines were discovered in 1930 and yielded deposits of pitchblende, from which much radium…

Wear

(Encyclopedia) WearWearwēr [key], river, c.65 mi (100 km) long, rising in the Pennines in County Durham, NE England, and flowing to the North Sea at Sunderland. Navigable for barges to Durham city,…

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America's Most Endangered Places 2005

Finca Vigía, National Landscape Conservation System, King Island and “The Journey Through Hallowed Ground” Corridor Endangered In a report released in June 2005, the National Trust for Historic…

La Vega

(Encyclopedia) La VegaLa Vegalä vāˈgä [key], city (1993 pop. 73,387), central Dominican Republic, on the Camú River. La Vega is the commercial and processing center of a rich agricultural region. A…

Samcheok

(Encyclopedia) Samcheok or SamchokSamcheoksämˈchôkˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 83,815), Gangwon (Kangwon) prov., E South Korea, a port on the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). It is a large industrial center…

Chichibu

(Encyclopedia) Chichibu Chichibu chēˈchēb&oomacr; [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Japan, on the Ara River…

Pátzcuaro

(Encyclopedia) PátzcuaroPátzcuaropätˈskwärō [key], lake, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km) Michoacán state, W Mexico. Its indented shores, dotted with Tarascan villages, green islands, and the curious native…