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Citrine, Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Citrine, Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baron sĭtrēnˈ [key], 1887–1983, English trade union leader. An electrician, he became district secretary of the electrical trade union in 1914 and rose to be...

Fraser, Douglas Andrew

(Encyclopedia)Fraser, Douglas Andrew, 1916–2008, American labor leader, b. Glasgow, Scotland. His family emigrated to the United States when he was a child and settled in Detroit, where he began his working life ...

North Richland Hills

(Encyclopedia)North Richland Hills, town (1990 pop. 45,895), Tarrant co., N Tex., a residential suburb of Fort Worth; inc. 1953. Corrugated boxes, food products, and textiles are manufactured. The town grew markedl...

Bartow

(Encyclopedia)Bartow, city (2020 pop. 19,309), seat of Polk co., central Fla.; inc. 1882. The economy is based on the production of phosphate and the raising of citru...

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant

(Encyclopedia)Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant bōˈrĭgärd [key], 1818–93, Confederate general, b. St. Bernard parish, La., grad. West Point, 1838. As engineer on the staff of Winfield Scott in the Mexican Wa...

Solidarity

(Encyclopedia)Solidarity, Polish independent trade union federation formed in Sept., 1980. Led by Lech Wałęsa, it grew rapidly in size and political power and soon posed a threat to Poland's Communist government ...

Constitution Island

(Encyclopedia)Constitution Island, in the Hudson River opposite West Point, SE N.Y.; part of the U.S. Military Academy. The ruins of Fort Constitution, built in 1775, are there. During the American Revolution, a ch...

Gloucester City

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester City, city (2020 pop. 11,484), Camden co., SW N.J., on the Delaware River, a suburb adjoining Camden and opposite Philadelphia; site of Fort ...

Miramar

(Encyclopedia)Miramar mĭrˈəmärˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 40,663), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1955. It is a residential community in the rapidly growing I-75 corridor between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. ...

Wilton Manors

(Encyclopedia)Wilton Manors, city (1990 pop. 11,840), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1947. It is a residential and resort community in the greater Fort Lauderdale area. An electronic research firm is there. ...