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Kirkuk
(Encyclopedia) KirkukKirkukkĭrk&oomacr;kˈ [key], city (1987 pop. 418,624), NE Iraq. It is a center of Iraq's oil industry and is connected by pipelines to ports on the Mediterranean Sea. Kirkuk…Cévennes
(Encyclopedia) CévennesCévennessāvĕnˈ [key], mountain range, S France, bordering the Massif Central on the southeast. The Cévennes proper occupy the central section of a mountainous arc (average…Permanent Worksite Closures: Extended Mass Layoff Events and Separations in the U.S. by Major Industry Division, 2002–2006
The following table provides the layoffs and job separations in the United States by industry for the years 2002 to 2006. A mass layoff is a separation of 50 or more employees for more…Permanent Worksite Closures: Extended Mass Layoff Events and Separations in the U.S. by Major Industry Division, 1996–2000
The following table provides the layoffs and job separations in the United States by industry for the years 1996 to 2000. A mass layoff is a separation of 50 or more employees for more than 31 days.…League City
(Encyclopedia) League City, city (1990 pop. 30,159), Galveston co., SE Tex.; inc. 1961. The aeronautics industry is of prime importance; NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is nearby. There is also…Lincoln Park
(Encyclopedia) Lincoln Park, city (1990 pop. 41,832), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb adjacent to Detroit, on the Detroit River; inc. 1921. It is a residential community in an area marked by a…Brooklyn Center
(Encyclopedia) Brooklyn Center, city (2020 pop. 33,782), Hennepin co., SE Minn., a residential suburb of Minneapolis; inc. 1911. It has light industry…Wakefield, town, United States
(Encyclopedia) Wakefield, town (1990 pop. 24,825), Middlesex co., NE Mass., a suburb N of Boston; settled 1639, inc. 1812. Chiefly residential, the town has some light industry, such as the…Carl Stotz Biography
Carl Stotzfounder of Little League BaseballBorn: 1910?Birthplace: Williamsport, Pa. During the summer of 1938, lumberyard clerk Stotz gathered neighborhood children to discuss rules and…Aesop's Fables: The Milkmaid and Her Pail
by Aesop The Stag in the Ox-StallThe Dolphins, the Whales, and the SpratThe Milkmaid and Her Pail A farmer's daughter had been out to milk the cows, and was returning to the dairy carrying…Trending
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