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Fort Matanzas National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Fort Matanzas National Monument: see Saint Augustine, Fla.; National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments, table. ...Johnstown Flood National Memorial
(Encyclopedia)Johnstown Flood National Memorial: see Johnstown (2); National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
(Encyclopedia)Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet: see National Dialogue Quartet. ...Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(Encyclopedia)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. ...Government National Mortgage Association
(Encyclopedia)Government National Mortgage Association: see under Federal National Mortgage Association. ...National Bureau of Standards
(Encyclopedia)National Bureau of Standards: see National Institute of Standards and Technology. ...Kitt Peak National Observatory
(Encyclopedia)Kitt Peak National Observatory, astronomical observatory located southwest of Tucson, Ariz.; it was founded in 1958 under contract with the National Science Foundation and is administered by the Assoc...Moores Creek National Battlefield
(Encyclopedia)Moores Creek National Battlefield, 88 acres (36 hectares), SE N.C.; est. 1926. The patriot victory over the Loyalists at Moores Creek Bridge on Feb. 27, 1776, prevented the intended British invasion o...National Youth Administration
(Encyclopedia)National Youth Administration (NYA), former U.S. government agency established in 1935 within the Works Progress Administration; it was transferred in 1939 to the Federal Security Agency and was place...gross national product
(Encyclopedia)gross national product (GNP), in economics, a quantitative measure of a nation's total economic activity, generally assessed yearly or quarterly. In estimating the GNP, only the final value of a produ...Browse by Subject
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