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Gary, Elbert Henry
(Encyclopedia) Gary, Elbert Henry, 1846–1927, American lawyer and industrialist, b. near Wheaton, Ill., grad. Union College of Law, Chicago, 1868. Rising rapidly as a corporation lawyer, he became…Swat
(Encyclopedia) SwatSwatswät [key], district of the Malakand division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan. Saidu Sharif is the capital. The largely inaccessible…Slater, Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Slater, Samuel, 1768–1835, American pioneer in the cotton textile industry, b. Derbyshire, England. As an apprentice and later a mill supervisor, he gained a thorough knowledge of all…Comilla
(Encyclopedia) Comilla Comilla kōmĭlˈə [key], city, E Bangladesh, on the Gumti River. An administrative center on…Ghazipur
(Encyclopedia) Ghazipur Ghazipur gäˈzēp&oobreve;rˌ [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the…Herstal
(Encyclopedia) Herstal Herstal hĕrˈstäl [key], Fr. Héristal, commune, Liège prov., E Belgium,…Iligan
(Encyclopedia) Iligan Iligan ēlēˈgän [key], city, capital of Lanao del Norte prov., W central Mindanao, the…Höchst
(Encyclopedia) HöchstHöchsthökhst [key], industrial district of Frankfurt, in Hesse, central Germany. It is a leading center of the German chemical industry and was formerly the site of the I. G.…Makó
(Encyclopedia) MakóMakómŏˈkō [key], town (1991 est. pop. 27,160), S Hungary, on the Mureşul River near the Romanian border. It is an administrative and trade center and a road hub in a fertile…Longwy
(Encyclopedia) LongwyLongwylôNwēˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 15,647), Meurthe-et-Moselle dept., NE France, near the Belgian and Luxembourg borders. The center of the Lorraine iron and steel industry,…Trending
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