The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1985 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 61
... World War II there was little construction . Then , for 15 years after the war , the major building occurred on an ever- widening semicircle of suburban land , where large acreage was available for home allotments , shopping centers ...
... World War II there was little construction . Then , for 15 years after the war , the major building occurred on an ever- widening semicircle of suburban land , where large acreage was available for home allotments , shopping centers ...
Page 148
... World War II needed navigational aids , accurate weather obser- vations , and strategically located rescue facili- ties . This need was met by stationing ships at various locations ( ocean stations ) in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ...
... World War II needed navigational aids , accurate weather obser- vations , and strategically located rescue facili- ties . This need was met by stationing ships at various locations ( ocean stations ) in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ...
Page 448
... World War I and a syndicalist tra- dition represented by the Industrial Workers of the World , the Communist party ... II the Latin American Communists flourished as a result of the favorable attitude that had developed toward the Soviet ...
... World War I and a syndicalist tra- dition represented by the Industrial Workers of the World , the Communist party ... II the Latin American Communists flourished as a result of the favorable attitude that had developed toward the Soviet ...
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