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Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones

(Encyclopedia)Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones, 1862–1937, American novelist, b. New York City, noted for her subtle, ironic, and superbly crafted fictional studies of New York society at the turn of the 20th cent. T...

Robinson-Patman Act

(Encyclopedia)Robinson-Patman Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1936 to supplement the Clayton Antitrust Act. The act, advanced by Congressman Wright Patman, forbade any person or firm engaged in interstate comme...

Green, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Green, Paul, 1894–1981, American dramatist, b. Lillington, N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina, 1921. He is known for his realistic plays depicting the lives of blacks and white tenant farmers. His ...

Kitimat

(Encyclopedia)Kitimat kĭtˈĭmătˌ [key], town (1991 pop. 11,305), W British Columbia, Canada, at the head of Douglas Channel. It is the site of a huge aluminum smelter (opened 1954), pulp and paper mills, and a ...

Timmins

(Encyclopedia)Timmins, town (1991 pop. 47,461), central Ont., Canada, on the Mattagami River. Timmins is the commercial center of the rich Porcupine gold-mining district, where gold was first discovered in 1909. Si...

Granby

(Encyclopedia)Granby grănˈbē, grămˈ– [key], city, S Que., Canada, on the North Yamaska River, E of Montreal. ...

Grand-Mère

(Encyclopedia)Grand-Mère gräNmĕrˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, on the St. Maurice River, N of Trois Riv...

Hjørring

(Encyclopedia)Hjørring yörˈĭng [key], city, Nordjylland co., N Denmark. The center of an agricultural r...

Kapuskasing

(Encyclopedia)Kapuskasing kăpəskāˈsĭng [key], town (1991 pop. 10,344), central Ont., Canada, on the Kapuskasing River, N of Timmins. It has lumbering and pulp and paper mills, a cold-weather automotive testing...

Sunrise

(Encyclopedia)Sunrise, city (1990 pop. 64,407), Broward co., SE Fla., a residential suburb 8 mi (13 km) W of Fort Lauderdale; inc. 1961 as Sunrise Golf Village. It is a major office and commercial center and the si...