Compton
Compton city (1990 pop. 90,454), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach; inc. 1888. It has aircraft, electronic, and steel industries. Largely African American, Compton is a noted center for rap music.
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Invisible no more: the place called Los Angeles.(geographical history)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...concentrations of wealth and poverty, Los Angeles has been undervalued and misjudged. Los Angeles history has been practically invisible...considered more western than others, but Los Angeles--the city, county, or greater metropolitan...
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ECOLOGY OF FEAR: LOS ANGELES AND THE IMAGINATION OF DISASTER.(Review)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 3/12/1999; ; 700+ words
; ECOLOGY OF FEAR: LOS ANGELES AND THE IMAGINATION OF DISASTER By Mike Davis Henry Holt, 384 pages, $27.50 The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau proclaims -- or threatens -- that Los Angeles is The Cultural Capital of the 21st...
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Top 25 hotels in Los Angeles County. (directory)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 5/11/1987; ; 700+ words
; Top 25 hotels in Los Angeles County Ranked by number of units Rank 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...24 25 Name/Address Westin Bonaventura 404 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles 90071 Los Angeles Airport Hilton & Towers 5711 W. Century Blvd. Los Angeles...
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The 25 largest buildings in downtown Los Angeles. (EXTRA section) (directory)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 4/10/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...largest buildings in downtown Los Angeles Ranked by vacant space available...73 62 707 Wilshire Blvd. 40% Los Angeles 90017 2 Arco Tower 250,000 1...73 52 515 S. Flower St. 22.5 Los Angeles 90071 3 AT&T Center 203,201...
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The 25 largest office buildings in Los Angeles County. (directory)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 6/6/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...largest office buildings in Los Angeles County Ranked by total square...single tower 333 S. Hope St. 55 Los Angeles 90017 2 Wells Fargo Tower(1...single tower 333 S. Grand Ave. 54 Los Angeles 90071 3 Transamerica Center...
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Top 25 public relations agencies in Los Angeles County. (directory)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 4/18/1988; ; 700+ words
; Top 25 public relations agencies in Los Angeles County Ranked by 1987 fee income from...Monica Blvd., 4th floor $10.9 $10.0 55/75 Los Angeles 90067 2 Hill and Knowlton 6.0 5.46 30...Wilshire Blvd. 114.0 101.0 worldwide 40/14 Los Angeles 90036 3 Manning, Selvage & Lee 3...
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L.A. takes the quake. (Los Angeles) (California)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 5/30/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...17, 1994 earthquake that rocked Los Angeles may well prove to be more than...should send a message to all of Los Angeles to regroup, recover and rebound...these efforts are underway, the Los Angeles Basin must, however, focus the...
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The heart of the city beats in downtown Los Angeles. (Meetings & Conventions)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 9/20/1993; 646 words
; Downtown Los Angeles is Southern California's hub for shopping...buidling west of Chicago. The expanded Los Angeles Convention Center, new luxury hotels...the Daily Planet newspaper. Downtown Los Angeles also serves as the hub of the city...
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Top 25 largest hotels in Los Angeles County. (directory)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 1/25/1988; ; 700+ words
; Top 25 largest hotels in Los Angeles County Number of rooms Meeting rooms/ Hotel (incl...Bonaventure 1,474 20 404 S. Figueroa St. 66 3,000 Los Angeles 90071 none 2,400 2 The Los Angeles Airport Hilton & Towers 1,280 35 5711 W. Century...
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The 25 largest daily newspapers in Los Angeles County. (directory)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 4/17/1989; ; 700+ words
; The 25 largest daily newspapers in Los Angeles County Ranked by daily circulation...Sunday cost . zoned editions 1 Los Angeles Times 1,136,813 $166.40 Times Mirror Square 1,421,711 yes Los Angeles 90053 2 Los Angeles Herald Examiner...
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Arthur Holly Compton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Arthur Holly Compton The American physicist Arthur Holly Compton (1892-1962) discovered the "Compton effect" and the proof of the latitude intensity variation. He also played a critical role in the development of the atomic bomb. Arthur Compton...
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Compton, Arthur H.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Compton, Arthur H. (1892–1962), physicist.Born in Wooster, Ohio, Compton received his B.S. from the College of Wooster and his Ph...had two sons. In 1922, while doing research on X rays, Compton discovered what came to be called the Compton effect, for...
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Compton, Edward
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Compton, Edward (1854–1918), English actor-manager, son of Charles Mackenzie who took his grandmother's maiden name when he went on the stage, and as Henry Compton became a well-known actor-manager. Edward was the founder of the Compton Comedy Company, which from 1881 to 1918 toured the English ...
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Compton effect
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Compton effect The change in wavelength and direction of an X-ray...collides with a particle, usually an electron; also known as Compton scattering . Some of the photon's energy is transferred...discovered in 1923 by the American physicist Arthur Holly Compton (1892–1962). See also inverse ...
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inverse Compton effect
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
inverse Compton effect The gain in energy of a photon when it is struck by a fast-moving electron; also known as inverse Compton scattering or Compton upscattering . The electron passes on a small proportion of its...
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