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interrogation point

(Encyclopedia)interrogation point: see punctuation. ...

Point Barrow

(Encyclopedia)Point Barrow, northernmost point of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean, at lat. 71°23′N and long. 156°30′W. Visited in 1826 by Frederick W. Beechey, a British explorer, and named by him for the British...

Point Four program

(Encyclopedia)Point Four program, U.S. foreign aid project aimed at providing technological skills, knowledge, and equipment to poor nations throughout the world. The program also encouraged the flow of private inv...

folk high school

(Encyclopedia)folk high school, type of adult education that in its most widely known form originated in Denmark in the middle of the 19th cent. The idea as originally conceived by Bishop Nikolai Grundtvig was to s...

high blood pressure

(Encyclopedia)high blood pressure: see hypertension. ...

high-bush cranberry

(Encyclopedia)high-bush cranberry: see honeysuckle. ...

junior high school

(Encyclopedia)junior high school: see school.

Point Reyes National Seashore

(Encyclopedia)Point Reyes National Seashore rāˈĭs [key], 71,068 acres (28,772 hectares), W Calif.; est. 1962. Included in the area are steep bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, lagoons, and esteros enclosed by...

Poverty Point National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Poverty Point National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Fort Point National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Fort Point National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...