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green belt
green belt. Swathe of undeveloped land (e.g. agricultural land, forest, heath-land, wild country, etc.) around a town or city, protected to prevent it being built on. Loudon proposed such a benefit to London, partly to contain its sprawl, as early as the 1820s, and the idea was subsequently adopted... Read more |
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Green
green traditionally the colour of jealousy, green is also taken to symbolize youth and immaturity.In 20th century use, green (often with a capital initial) means concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle.Reverend Green is the name of one of the six stock... Read more |
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Greenstone belts
Greenstone belt Greenstone belts are generally elongate, Archean to Proterozoic terrains comprising intrusive and extrusive mafic to ultramafic igneous rocks , felsic volcanics, and inter-flow or cover sedimentary rocks . Greenstone belts occur sandwiched between regions dominated by... Read more |
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Harrow (city)
Harrow outer borough (1991 pop. 194,300) of Greater London, SE England. For centuries Harrow grew foodstuffs for London. It is mainly residential and contains parts of the Green Belt, areas set aside as parkland. Optical and photographic goods and glass are manufactured. The famous Harrow public... Read more |
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Potters Bar
Potter's Bar town (1991 pop. 22,755), Hertfordshire, central England, in the Midlands. Potter's Bar is a residential district, most of which is within the Green Belt Zone barred to industrial development. An aircraft museum is within the 17th-century Salisbury House.... Read more |
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Rust Belt
Rust Belt or Rustbelt, economic region in the NE quadrant of the United States, focused on the Midwestern (see Midwest ) states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, as well as Pennsylvania. The term gained wide use in the 1970s as the formerly dominant industrial region became noted for... Read more |
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belt
belt girdle or band worn around the body, originally to confine loose garments. Later the girdle became a decorative accessory and was used to carry belongings. The Greeks and Romans wore ornamental cords and bands of many materials, including metal. The medieval belt displayed brilliant goldwork... Read more |
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Kanagawa
Kanagawa , prefecture (1990 pop. 7,980,421), E central Honshu, Japan. Yokohama is the capital. Other important cities include Kawasaki, Yokosuka, and Kamakura (a religious center). The urban belt of the eastern part of the prefecture merges with Tokyo to the north. Flowers and dairy products are... Read more |
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stockbroker
stockbroker a broker who buys and sells securities on a stock exchange on behalf of clients; the term is recorded from the early 18th century.stockbroker belt an affluent residential area outside a large city, supposedly typical of the lifestyle of a successful stockbroker.Stockbroker's Tudor an... Read more |
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Van Allen radiation belts
Van Allen radiation belts two belts (sometimes considered as a single belt of varying intensity) of radiation outside the earth's atmosphere, extending from c.400 to c.40,000 mi (c.650-c.65,000 km) above the earth. Their existence was confirmed from information secured by launching the first U.S.... Read more |
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Mayor touts Aurora's progress.(News)
...were among the citys accomplishments...backyards without fear," he said...he believes the citys taxes are too...to tighten its belt and warned more...looking to the future. "The world...including creating a green technology ... |