The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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... World War II , there was little construction . Then , in the 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 , in the 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 150
... World War II . To assist transatlantic flying , the Coast Guard in 1940 established two weather stations in the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Azores . World War II had started in Europe , and port security was again inaugurated ...
... World War II . To assist transatlantic flying , the Coast Guard in 1940 established two weather stations in the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Azores . World War II had started in Europe , and port security was again inaugurated ...
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... World War II ; his second machine was destroyed in an air raid . After the war he designed several other machines as well as an advanced programming language called Plankalkul . This term was taken up by a Ger- man computer manufacturer ...
... World War II ; his second machine was destroyed in an air raid . After the war he designed several other machines as well as an advanced programming language called Plankalkul . This term was taken up by a Ger- man computer manufacturer ...
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