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Portland Portland
Portland town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. There is a naval base in Portland harbor.... Read more
William L Safire William L Safire
William L. Safire , 1929-, American journalist and speechwriter, b. New York City. A former reporter and public-relations executive, he became a speechwriter (1968-73) for Richard Nixon during his 1968 presidential campaign. From 1973 to 2005 his editorial columns in the New York Times provided... Read more
Urban population Urban population
URBANIZATION URBANIZATION. Cities have been the pioneers of American growth. From the beginnings of European exploration and conquest, towns and cities were the staging points for the settlement of successive resource frontiers. Boston and Santa Fe in the seventeenth century, Philadelphia and San... Read more
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Basingstoke , city (1991 pop. 73,027), Hampshire, S central England, on the North Downs. Formerly a market town trading in silk and woolens, it has developed several industries, including the manufacture of agricultural machinery, precision tools and instruments, leather, clothing, and drugs. The... Read more
Shelby Steele Shelby Steele
Shelby Steele 1946– At a Glance… College and Graduate Career Explored Guilt and Innocence Racism and Victimization Rejected by the Left Sources Author, professor Shelby Steele is a writer of powerful, introspective, and moving essays on race who has earned a reputation as both hero... Read more
Horta Horta
Horta , town (1991 pop. 4,907), capital of Horta dist., in the Azores , Portugal, on Faial island. It has an excellent harbor with shipyards and is a military air base.... Read more
Peter Haining Peter Haining
Haining, Peter (1940-) British novelist, writer on occult subjects, and anthologist of horror stories. Born April 2, 1940, in Enfield, Middlesex, England, Haining was educated in Buckhurst Hill, England. He worked as a journalist and magazine writer (1957-63) and successively as editor, senior... Read more
Science Writer Science Writer
Science Writer All good journalists are storytellers, and science writers are simply journalists who like to tell stories about science. Still, it has only been in the last few decades that science writing has become a profession in its own right, with journalists specifically trained to cover... Read more
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento The Argentine statesman, educator, and gifted journalist Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was known as the "Teacher President" for his unremitting efforts to foster education in his country. He was also an intuitive writer with a prophetic gift who created a... Read more
Banbury Banbury
Banbury , town (1991 pop. 37,463), Oxfordshire, central England, on the Cherwell River. Light industry and tourism are important to the local economy. Banbury's population has increased in recent years as a result of overspill from Greater London. The town still produces the spiced currant cakes and... Read more

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