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Bergenfield

(Encyclopedia) Bergenfield Bergenfield bûrˈgənfēldˌ [key], borough (2020 pop. 28,321), Bergen co., NE N.J.; inc. 1894…

Berwyn

(Encyclopedia) Berwyn Berwyn bûrˈwĭn [key], city (2020 pop. 57,250), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of…

Bromsgrove

(Encyclopedia) Bromsgrove Bromsgrove brŏmzˈgrōv [key], town and district, Worcestershire, central England. An ancient…

Tomakomai

(Encyclopedia) TomakomaiTomakomaitōmäˌkōˈmī [key], city (1990 pop. 160,118), Hokkaido prefecture, S Hokkaido, Japan, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a commercial port and the site of Japan's largest…

Sutton Coldfield

(Encyclopedia) Sutton Coldfield, city (1991 pop. 102,572), Birmingham metropolitan district, central England. The city is a residential suburb of Birmingham with a metal products industry and a large…

Bhusawal

(Encyclopedia) Bhusawal Bhusawal b&oobreve;säˈvəl [key], city, Maharashtra state, W central India. The city is on…

New Bedford

(Encyclopedia) New Bedford, city (1990 pop. 99,922), seat of Bristol co., SE Mass., at the mouth of the Acushnet River on Buzzard's Bay; settled 1640, set off from Dartmouth 1787, inc. as a city 1847…

Kosygin, Alexei Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Kosygin, Alexei NikolayevichKosygin, Alexei Nikolayevichəlyĭksyāˈ nyĭkə līˈəvĭch kəsēˈgĭn [key], 1904–80, Soviet political leader. A member of the Communist party from 1927, he joined…

Five-Year Plan

(Encyclopedia) Five-Year Plan, Soviet economic practice of planning to augment agricultural and industrial output by designated quotas for a limited period of usually five years. Nations other than…

California

  California State Information Capital: Sacramento Official Name: State of California Organized as a territory: August 14, 1848 Entered Union (rank): California entered the Union as the 31st…