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Atlantic City: Encyclopedia II - Atlantic City, New Jersey - History

Atlantic City has always been primarily a resort town. Its location in South Jersey, hugging the Atlantic Ocean between marshlands and islands, presented itself as prime real estate for developers. The city was incorporated in 1854, the same year in which train service began, linking this remote parcel of land with the more populated, urban centers of New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Atlantic City became a popular beach ...

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1978 - June-September

1978 - October-December

1978 - Fields Medalists

1978 - Templeton Prize

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Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - 1980

1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. It is equivalent to 2733 a.U.c., and to 1359 AH. 1980 - Events. January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom. January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother. January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. January 5 - Hewlett-Packard ...

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1980 - Templeton Prize

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Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia and Parkersburg, West Virginia. It is now part of the CSX network, and includes the oldest operational railroad bridge in the world. The B&O also coincidentally included the Leiper Railroad, the first permanent railroad in the U.S. The railroad's former shops in Baltimore, including the Mt. Clare roundhouse, now hous ...

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad - History

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad - Early engineering

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad - Branches

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad - Trivia

Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - Baccarat

Baccarat is a gambling card game. It is supposed to have been introduced into France from Italy during the reign of Charles VIII of France (ruled 1483-1498). There are three accepted variants of the game: baccarat chemin de fer (railway), baccarat banque (or a deux tableaux), and punto banco (or North American baccarat). Baccarat (pronounced Back-a-rah) is a simple game with only ...

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Baccarat - Punto Banco North American Baccarat

Baccarat - Baccarat Chemin de Fer

Baccarat - Baccarat Banque

Baccarat - Trivia

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Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - Atlantic City New Jersey

Atlantic City is a city located in Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 40,517. It is a resort community located on Absecon Island, off the Atlantic Ocean coast of New Jersey. Other towns on the island are Ventnor, Margate, and Longport. Atlantic City New Jersey - History. Atlantic City has always been primarily a resort town. Its location in South Jersey, hugging the Atlantic Ocean between marshlands and islands, presented itself as prime ...

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Atlantic City New Jersey - History

Atlantic City New Jersey - Atlantic City in popular culture

Atlantic City New Jersey - Geography

Atlantic City New Jersey - Demographics

Atlantic City New Jersey - Government

Atlantic City New Jersey - Local Government

Atlantic City New Jersey - Federal state and county representation

Atlantic City New Jersey - Casino resorts

Atlantic City New Jersey - Former closed and never opened casino/resorts

Atlantic City New Jersey - Media outlets

Atlantic City New Jersey - Transportation

Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - Beauty contest

A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition between people, based largely, though not always entirely, on the beauty of their physical appearance. Almost invariably, competitions for men and women are separate events, and those for men are not referred to as beauty contests except derogatorily. Those for women are more common; male beauty contests, like Mr. Universe are traditionally body building contests. In the 1990s, male beauty contests focusing more on the physical beauty and attractiveness of the ...

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Beauty contest - Beauty contests and politics

Beauty contest - Beauty contests and sexual purity

Beauty contest - Selecting a Beauty Queen

Beauty contest - Beauty contests and race

Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - Blackpool

Blackpool is a seaside town in England, on the coast of the Irish Sea. It is traditionally part of Lancashire but on April 1, 1998 was made into an independent unitary authority. It is believed to get its name from a long gone drainage channel which ran over a peat bog. The water which ran into the sea at Blackpool was black from the peat and formed a "black pool" in the relatively clean waters of the Irish Sea. It is generally believed locally that people originating from Blackpool are called "Sand Grown" or "Sandgrown'uns," but these terms may b ...

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Blackpool - Tourism

Blackpool - Non-tourist industry

Blackpool - Transport infrastructure

Blackpool - Blackpool in film

Blackpool - Local media

Blackpool - Local attractions culture and facilities

Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - BosWash

The BosWash or Bosnywash or Boshington megalopolis is the name for a group of metropolitan areas in the northeastern United States, extending from Boston, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., including New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The geographic trend was first identified in the 1961 book Megalopolis: The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United States by French geographer Jean Gottmann. The cities are also linked economi ...

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Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - Boardwalk

A boardwalk is a place, most typically in beachfront communities, where a path for pedestrians and sometimes vehicles runs along a beach or overlooking and close to a beach. There are boardwalks in many places in the world; however, they are extremely common along the East Coast of the United States. Boardwalk - Famous boardwalks. Atlantic City, New Jersey - The boardwalk starts at Absecon Inlet and runs along the beach for two miles to the city limit. An additional half mile extends into Vent ...

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Boardwalk - Famous boardwalks

Boardwalk - Non-famous boardwalks

Boardwalk - External link

Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - Binghamton New York

Binghamton is a city in upstate New York in the United States. It is the county seat of Broome County. The population of the City of Binghamton, according to the 2000 Census, is 47,380 (1990 Census: 53,008). The City of Binghamton is nestled in the Southern Tier of New York, at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers. The city is at the crossroads of Interstates 81 and 88, as well as the future Interstate 86 (also known a ...

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Binghamton New York - History

Binghamton New York - Early history

Binghamton New York - Famous residents

Binghamton New York - Geography

Binghamton New York - Demographics

Binghamton New York - The region today

Binghamton New York - Points of interest

Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - 1946

1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. (see link for calendar) 1946 - Events. 1946 - January. January 2 - Unable to resume his rule over Albania after World War II, King Zog abdicated but retained his claim to the throne. January 4 - Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 - Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided in ...

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1946 - August-November

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Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - Academy Award for Directing

The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. The expression of approval is given, along with an Oscar Statuette and a chance for the director to speak, at an annual Academy Awards ceremony. All but twenty of the seventy-seven Oscars for best director (before 2006) were for films that also won the award for best picture. The Academy has selected one director from five nominees each year for the past seven decades ...

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Academy Award for Directing - 1920s

Academy Award for Directing - 1930s

Academy Award for Directing - 1940s

Academy Award for Directing - 1950s

Academy Award for Directing - 1960s

Academy Award for Directing - 1970s

Academy Award for Directing - 1980s

Academy Award for Directing - 1990s

Academy Award for Directing - 2000s

Atlantic City: Encyclopedia - Air shuttle

An air shuttle is a shuttle service operated with aircraft. Although many airlines employ "shuttle" in their name, a true air shuttle is characterized by short, limited routes frequent, regular scheduled service simplified fare and class structures. Many shuttle services are established by governments, businesses, or organizations which require a high level of service in an otherwise thin corridor. For example, the Federal Aviation Administration's William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atla ...

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