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Great Seal of the United States

(Encyclopedia)Great Seal of the United States: see United States, Great Seal of the. ...

Reclamation, United States Bureau of

(Encyclopedia)Reclamation, United States Bureau of, agency set up in the Dept. of the Interior under the Reclamation Act of 1902. It is charged with promoting regional economies by developing water and related land...

Space Transportation System

(Encyclopedia)Space Transportation System, official designation for the U.S. space shuttle. ...

Natchez, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Natchez, city (1990 pop. 19,460), seat of Adams co., SW Miss., on bluffs above the Mississippi River; settled 1716, inc. 1803. It is the trade, shipping, and processing center for a soybean, corn, cot...

Bank of the United States

(Encyclopedia)Bank of the United States, name for two national banks established by the U.S. Congress to serve as government fiscal agents and as depositories for federal funds; the first bank was in existence from...

National Museum of the United States

(Encyclopedia)National Museum of the United States: see Smithsonian Institution. ...

department store

(Encyclopedia)department store: see store.

Vancouver, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Vancouver, city (1990 pop. 46,380), seat of Clark co., SW Wash., on the Columbia River opposite Portland, Oreg., with which it is connected by bridges; inc. 1857. A rapidly growing suburb of Portland ...

United States Supreme Court

(Encyclopedia)United States Supreme Court: see Supreme Court, United States. ...

Tariff Commission, United States

(Encyclopedia)Tariff Commission, United States: see International Trade Commission, United States. ...