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121Shawneetown — ▪ Illinois, United States city, seat (1812) of Gallatin county, southern Illinois, U.S. It lies about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of the confluence of the Wabash (Wabash River) and Ohio (Ohio River) rivers (there bridged to Kentucky).… …
122Ploesti — /ploʊˈjɛʃtʃ/ (say ploh yeshch) noun a city in southern Romania; the centre of a rich oil producing region. Romanian, Ploieşti …
123Tulsa — /ˈtʌlsə/ (say tulsuh) noun a town in the US, in north eastern Oklahoma; centre of a rich oil producing region …
124Ploesti — /plaw yesht /, n. a city in S Rumania: center of a rich oil producing region. 207,009. Also, Ploiesti …
125Barossa Valley — ▪ region, Australia important wine producing region of South Australia, located 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Adelaide in the Mount Lofty Ranges. The valley, drained by the North Para River, is about 19 miles (30 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide …
126Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
127Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
128Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
