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employment bureau

(Encyclopedia)employment bureau, a government-run establishment for bringing together the employer offering work and the employee seeking it. As a not-for-profit service, employment bureaus operate differently from...

NASA

(Encyclopedia)NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ...

Civil Aeronautics Board

(Encyclopedia)Civil Aeronautics Board: see Federal Aviation Administration. ...

Farm Credit System

(Encyclopedia)Farm Credit System: see Farm Credit Administration. ...

Federal Art Project

(Encyclopedia)Federal Art Project: see Work Projects Administration. ...

Federal Writers' Project

(Encyclopedia)Federal Writers' Project: see Work Projects Administration. ...

Tsuruoka

(Encyclopedia)Tsuruoka tso͞oro͞oˈôkä [key], city (1990 pop. 99,889), Yamagata prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan. An agricultural center, Tsuruoka produces candles, textiles, sake, and agricultural machines. ...

Ormerod, Eleanor Anne

(Encyclopedia)Ormerod, Eleanor Anne ôrˈmərŏd [key], 1828–1901, English economic entomologist. She aided the Royal Horticultural Society in forming a collection of insect farm pests and was awarded the Flora m...

UNRRA

(Encyclopedia)UNRRA: see United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. ...

Chelmsford, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Chelmsford, city, county seat of Essex, SE England. It is a market center (especially for cattle) for the surrounding agricultural district. Manufacture...