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Harpocrates The child Horus represented to the ancient Egyptians the new-born Sun, rising each day at dawn. When the Greeks conquered Egypt under Alexander, they morphed the Egyptian Horus into their Hellenistic god known as Harpocrates (in Egyptian Har-pa-khered or Heru-pa-khered meaning "Har, the Child").
Harpocration Valerius Harpocration was a Greek grammarian of Alexandria, of unknown date. He is possibly the Harpocration mentioned by Julius Capitolinus (Life of Verus, 2) as the Greek tutor of Lucius Verus (2nd century AD); some authorities place him much later, on the ground that he borrowed from Athenaeus.
Harpole Harpole is a small village located some six miles to the west of the county town of Northampton in the English county of Northamptonshire. Harpole hosts a scarecrow weekend, during which thousands of visitors enjoy the views of the historic village.
Harpoon (computer game) Harpoon is a realistic air and naval combat simulation computer game based upon Larry Bond's miniatures game of the same name. Player can play one side: Blue or Red, in simulated naval combat situation, both local conflicts, as well as in Cold War confrontation between the Superpowers.
Harpoon base A harpoon base is an organic base that is a very strong base but at the same time a poor nucleophile. In thermodynamic reaction control an electron donor molecule acts as a nucleophile, in kinetic reaction control the electron donor abstracts a proton (or rather the proton gets harpooned).
Harpoon reaction Harpoon reactionsIUPAC Goldbook definition of harpoon reaction are a type of chemical reaction between two substances one of them prone to form a cation, generally a metal, and the other one prone to form an anion, generally a halogen.
Harpsichord in popular culture The harpsichord has a highly distinctive sound that often finds use in popular music. The archaic character of the harpsichord (it was for many decades obsolete and unplayed, and had to be revived in the twentieth century) also makes it appropriate for conveying a sense of history or archaicness, and thus has made the harpsichord a useful atmospheric device for other forms of popular culture.
Harpswell, Maine Harpswell is a town in Cumberland County, Maine in Casco Bay on the Gulf of Maine. The town is composed of land contiguous with the rest of Cumberland County, as well as a several large and small islands, including Great Island, Orr's Island, and Bailey Island.
Harpua "Harpua" is a Phish song that was a staple of their live concerts, and only performed live. Though it always follows the same basic structure (see The Divided Sky and You Enjoy Myself for other examples of songs in which variation occurs within a fixed structure), Trey Anastasio always narrated a different story at every concert in the middle of the song.
Harpy In Greek mythology, the harpies (snatchersThe unelided form arepuia is inscribed on a black-figured vessel in Berlin illustrated in Jane Ellen Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, 1903, fig.18.
Harpymimus Harpymimus was a basal ornithomimosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. Unlike later, more derived ornithomimosaurs, Harpymimus still possessed teeth, although they appear to have been restricted to the lower jaw (dentary).
Harquahala Mountains The Harquahala Mountains are the highest mountain range in southwestern Arizona, USA and are located southwest of the towns of Aguila and Wenden. The name came from the local Native American people "Aha qua hala" which meant "water there is high up".
Harrah's New Orleans Harrah's New Orleans is a casino located in New Orleans, Louisiana near the foot of Canal Street a block away from the Mississippi River. It is a 115,000 ft² casino with approximately 2,100 slot machines, over 90 table games and a poker room.
Harran Harran, also known as Carrhae, is a district of Şanlıurfa Province in the southeast of Turkey, near the border with Syria, 24 miles (44 kilometres) southeast of the city of Şanlıurfa, at the end of a long straight road across the roasting hot plain of Harran.
Harri Holkeri Harri Hermanni Holkeri [], KBE (born January 6, 1937 in Oripää) is a Finnish politician of the National Coalition Party of Finland (Kokoomus) who was Prime Minister of Finland 1987-1991, speaker of the UN General Assembly 2000-2001 and headed UNMIK. The current head is Joachim Rücker.
Harri Kirvesniemi Harri Kirvesniemi (born May 10, 1958, in Mikkeli, Finland) was a cross country skier who competed from 1980 to 2001. During his career he won six Olympic medals (all bronzes), and also the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2000.
Harri Lorenzi Harri Lorenzi (born 1949) is a Brazilian agronomic engineer, author on trees of the Atlantic Mata and a collaborating agronomist of the garden of Fazenda Cresciumal, Ruy De Souza Queiroz. Between his workmanships, he published four books in the end of the 1990s, they are: Brazilian palms, Brazilian Trees (1 and 2, also in English), Tropical Plants of Burle Marx and Brazilian Ornamental Plants.
Harricana River The Harricana River is a river in western Quebec and northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is 533 km (331 mile) long, has a drainage area of 29,300 km² (11,310 mile²), and has a mean discharge of 570 m³/s (745 yd³/s) Atlas of Canada.
Harrie van Heumen Harrie van Heumen (born December 24, 1959 in Nijmegen) is a former ice hockey forward from The Netherlands, who participated in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. He earned 89 caps, and scored 32 points for the Dutch national side.
Harrier (bird) A Harrier is any of several species of diurnal birds of prey which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt or harry small animals or birds (hence their common name). Most are in the genus Circus, the scientific name also arising from the circling movements male and female make when mating.
Harrier Attack Harrier Attack is a computer game for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum initially released in 1983 by Durell Software. The player controls a Sea Harrier fighter, looking sideways onto a right-to-left scrolling seascape and landscape.
Harrier Jump Jet Harrier Jump Jet, often referred to as just "the Jump Jet", covers a series of a military VSTOL jet aircraft. It is capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) and is the only truly successful design of this type from the many that arose in the 1960s.
Harriet Andersson Harriet Andersson (born 14 January 1932 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actress, best known for being one of Ingmar Bergman's regular actresses. She often played impulsive working class characters and quickly established a reputation on screen for her unaffected, full-lipped sensuality.
Harriet Backer Harriet Backer (21 January 1845, Holmestrand — 25 March 1932, Oslo) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally.
Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Ohio) The Harriet Beecher Stowe House was once the residence of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), she was the influential antislavery author who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. In 1832, her family moved from Litchfield, Connecticut to Cincinnati, then a hotbed of the abolitionist movement, where her father became the first president of Lane Theological Seminary founded in 1830.
Harriet Boyd-Hawes Harriet Boyd-Hawes (October 11 1871 – March 31 1945) was a pioneering American archaeologist, nurse and relief worker. She is best known as the first director of an archaeological excavation to discover and excavate a Minoan settlement and palace site on the Aegean island of Crete.
Harriet Cass Harriet Cass is one of two BBC Radio 4 senior announcers with responsibility for newsreaders and continuity. She joined the BBC in the 1970s as a studio manager, before working on the Radio 4 programme Today in Parliament.
Harriet Craig Harriet Craig is a 1950 drama about domineering Harriet Craig who holds more regard for her home and its possessions than she does for any person in her life. Among those she treats like household objects are her kind husband Walter, whom she has lied to about her inability to have children; her cousin Claire, whom she treats like a secretary; and her servants whom she treats like slaves.
Harriet E. Wilson Harriet E. Wilson (March 15, 1825 - June 28, 1900) is traditionally considered the first female African-American novelist as well as the first African American of any gender to publish a novel on the North American continent.
Harriet Hayward Harriet Hayward (played by Jessica Wallenfels) is the middle child in the fictional Hayward family on the television show Twin Peaks. The older of her two sisters, Donna is one of the more prominent characters in the show.
Harriet Chalmers Adams Harriet Chalmers Adams (October 22 1875–July 17 1937) was an American explorer, writer and photographer. She travelled extensively in South America, Asia and the South Pacific in the early 20th century, and published accounts of her journeys in the National Geographic magazine.
Harriet Jones Harriet Jones is a fictional character played by Penelope Wilton in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A politician and elected representative of the United Kingdom, she helped the Ninth Doctor fight the schemes of the alien family known as the Slitheen in the two-part story Aliens of London and World War Three.
Harriet Miers Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945 in Dallas, Texas) is an American lawyer, and current White House Counsel. On January 4, 2007, she submitted her resignation from the position of White House Counsel, effective January 31.
Harriet Owen Harriet Owen is an American actress who does the voices of Wendy's daughter Jane and young Wendy in the 2002 Disney direct-to-video animated film Return to Never Land. In addition, she appeared in several movies and television series as well, including Relative Strangers, Animal Ark, Castles, Gallowglass.
Harriet Powers Harriet Powers (October 29, 1837 – January 1, 1910) was an African American slave folk artist and quilt maker from rural Georgia, United States. Now nationally recognized for her quilts, she used traditional appliqué techniques to record local legends, Bible stories, and astronomical events on her quilts.
Harriet Quimby Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 - July 1, 1912) was the first major female pilot in the United States. In 1911, she earned the first US pilot's certificate issued to a woman by the Aero Club of America, and less than a year later flew across the English Channel, the first woman to do so.
Harriet Raikes Harriet Raikes was the daughter of Thomas Raikes the Younger, a merchant and banker in London, and the grand-daughter of Thomas Raikes the Elder, also merchant and banker in London and Governor of the Bank of England from 1797 to 1799.
Harriet Sohmers Zwerling Harriet Sohmers, later Zwerling, is an American writer and artist's model. She was a significant member of the Beat generation, and lived in Paris in the 1950s as part of the bohemian expatriate scene centered around James Baldwin, with whom she shared space in a magazine called New Story.
Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (21 May 1806-27 October 1868) was born Lady Harriet Howard, daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle. On the 18 May 1823 she married Earl Gower, who was the eldest son of the 2nd Marquess of Stafford and a man twenty years her senior.
Harriet Taylor Mill Harriet Taylor Mill (1807 – 1858) was a philosopher and women's rights advocate. She married John Stuart Mill in 1851 after a 21-year friendship and love affair (during most of which she was married to John Taylor).
Harriet van Ettekoven Harriet van Ettekoven (born January 6, 1961 in Zandvoort, Noord-Holland) is a former international rower from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, alongside Marieke van Drogenbroek, Lynda Cornet, Greet Hellemans, Nicolette Hellemans, Martha Laurijsen, Catharina Neelissen, Anne Quist, and Wiljon Vaandrager. She also competed in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.
Harriet Wolman Harriet Wolman is a former politician and administrator in Ontario, Canada. She served as chair of the York Borough Board of Education in the late 1970s, and later campaigned for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Harrietsfield, Nova Scotia Harrietsfield is a rural residential community in the Western region of the Halifax Regional Municipality in district 18 on the Chebucto Peninsula on the Old Sambro Road (Nova Scotia Route 306) 10 kilometers from Downtown Halifax.
Harriett Woods Harriett Friedman Woods (born June 2, 1927) is an American politician and activist, a two-time Democratic nominee for the United States Senate from Missouri, and a former Lieutenant Governor of the state of Missouri.
Harriette Deborah Lacy Harriette Deborah Lacy (1807-1874) was an English actress born in London, the daughter of a tradesman named Taylor. Her first appearance on the stage was at Bath in 1827 as Julia in The Rivals, and she was immediately given leading parts there in both comedy and tragedy.
Harriette Chick Dame Harriette Chick, DBE (January 6, 1875 - July 9, 1977) was a notable British protein scientist and nutritionist. She served as secretary of the League of Nations health section committee on the physiological bases of nutrition from 1934 to 1937.
Harriette Simpson Arnow Harriette Arnow (July 7, 1908 - March 22, 1986) was a novelist, claimed by both Kentucky and Michigan as a native daughter. Arnow has been called an expert on the people of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, but she herself was never a simple hill woman.
Harriette Winslow Harriette Winslow is a fictional character who was on the third and fourth seasons of the show Perfect Strangers, and the entire series of Family Matters. The role of Harriette Winslow on Perfect Strangers was played by Jo Marie Payton-Noble, as was the case from the first season to the first half of the ninth season of Family Matters.
Harriman High School Harriman High School is a small, public high school located in Harriman, TN. Until 2003, it was part of the separate Harriman City School System -- a legacy of the city's founding as a planned community and "utopia" by northeastern prohibition leaders and the East Tennessee Land Company in the late nineteenth century.
Harriman Institute The Harriman Institute, the first academic center in the United States devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Russia and the Soviet Union, was founded at Columbia University in 1946, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, as the Russian Institute.
Harriman, Tennessee Harriman is a city in Roane County, Tennessee, United States. It is the principal city of and is included in the 'Harriman Micropolitan Statistical Area', which is a component of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN Combined Statistical Area.
Harringay Harringay is an area of North London in the United Kingdom. Originally a part of the former Municipal Borough of Tottenham it is located at the southern end of the London Borough of Haringey (note the different spelling - Harringay is the name of the area and Haringey is the name of the borough).
Harringay Arena Harringay Arena, Officially the Harringay Boxing and Ice Skating Arena, opened in North London opened in 1936, was a venue for boxing and circus during the first half of the twentieth century. The Horse of the Year show was also held there for its first ten years, from 1947 onwards.
Harringay Stadium Harringay Stadium (Harringay Park, as it was first called) adjacent to Harringay Arena on Green Lanes in North London, UK was a major greyhound and speedway track. It was the second track owned by the Greyhound Racing Association in London (White City being the first).
Harrington College of Design Harrington College of Design is a for-profit design school in Chicago, Illinois. The school offers Associate's degrees in Interior Design and Digital Photography and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design.
Harrington Dock The Harrington Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it is situated in the southern dock system, connected to Toxteth Dock to the north, Herculaneum Dock to the south. The dock was opened in 1882.
Harrington Harbour, Quebec Harrington Harbour refers to both a small village in the Basse-CĂ´te-Nord Territory in Quebec and the island where that village is situated. The island is located in the northern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence 300 km east of Anticosti Island.
Harrington Implant The Harrington Implant (or Harrington Rod) was developed in the 50's as an early medical device used in a surgical procedure to treat curvature of the spine (scoliosis). It was intended to provide a mean to reduce the curvature and to give the patient more freedom of movement than previously available.
Harrington Lake The Harrington Lake estate is both the name of the official country retreat of the Prime Minister of Canada and of the land which surrounds it. It is located in Quebec a few kilometres north of Ottawa, the capital of Canada, in an area known as Gatineau Park, amidst the Gatineau Hills.
Harrington Sound, Bermuda Harrington Sound is a large inland lake in the northeast of the main island of Bermuda. It is surrounded by the main island on all sides, only appearing open to the ocean via a small channel called Flatt's Inlet in the southwest.
Harrington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical) Harrington Township was a Township that existed in Bergen County, New Jersey and was formed by royal charter in 1775. The new Township was created from the northern portions of both New Barbadoes Township and Hackensack Township and stretched from the Hudson River on the east to the Saddle River in the west, and north to the New York border.
Harringworth Viaduct Harringworth Viaduct or Welland Viaduct is a railway viaduct which crosses the valley of the River Welland at Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England. It is 3/4 of a mile long and has 82 arches, each of which has a 40ft span.
Harriot Mellon Harriot Mellon (born circa 1777, died 1837) was the daughter of strolling players and became an actress, eventually starring at Drury Lane. When she was younger though and appearing at the Duke Street Theatre she attracted the attention of the elderly but very wealthy banker, Thomas Coutts who, with his brother John Coutts, had founded Coutts & Co, the royal bank.
Harris Harris (Na Hearadh in Scottish Gaelic) is the southern part of the largest island of the Western Isles of Scotland or Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar). The northern part of the island is called Lewis (Leòdhas).
Harris & Harris Group Inc. Harris & Harris Group, Inc. ( is a publicly traded venture capital company that now makes initial investments exclusively in tiny technology, including microsystems, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology.
Harris (Surrey cricketer) The brothers John Harris (dates of birth and death unknown) and Joseph Harris (dates of birth and death unknown) were famous English cricketers in the 1740s and 1750s. They both played for the Addington Cricket Club which had one of the strongest teams in England at the time.
Harris (train) The Harris trains were first introduced to the Melbourne metropolitan railway system in 1956 with the last of the unrefurbished trains seeing service in 1988. The name derives from Sir Norman Harris, Chairman of Commissioners of the Victorian Railways between 1940 and 1950.
Harris A. Houghton Harris Ayers Houghton was a professional physician and military officer of the United State during and shortly after World War I. But his fame derives primarily in the role he played in bringing about the translation and publication in the English language of the infamous plagiarism, in the United States in 1920 known by the brief title as the Protocols of Zion.
Harris Barton Harris Scott Barton (born April 19 1964 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former American football offensive lineman who played for the San Francisco 49ers. His mother was from a very Orthodox Jewish background in Queens, New York and his father was from a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York.
Harris Building The Harris Building is the main building in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, second only to the police station in size. The Harris building houses a number of small offices as well as Harris Print, printers of The Advocate.
Harris Clash The Harris Clash is an annual stock car race held in late July at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. It is widely regarded as being one of the best IMCA modified races in the country, drawing hundreds of cars and thousands of fans every year.
Harris Coulter Harris L. Coulter, PhD (October 8, 1932 - ) is a medical historian and lecturer who made significant contributions in many areas during his career regarding cancer, the dangers of vaccinations, by serving on numerous medical advisory panels and boards, and by shedding light on the conflict between the American Medical Association (AMA) and homeopathy.
Harris County Hospital District The Harris County Hospital District is a governmental entity with taxing authority that owns and operates three hospitals and numerous clinics throughout Harris County, Texas. The Harris County Hospital District was created by voter referendum in November 1965 and formally came into being as a political subdivision with taxing authority on January 1, 1966.
Harris County Toll Road Authority The Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) came into existence when, in September, 1983, Harris County voters approved a referendum by a 7-3 margin to release up to $900 million in bonds to create two tollroads - the Hardy Toll Road and the Sam Houston Tollway, to improve the regional mobility and reduce traffic congestion in the Greater Houston area, an area known for rapid population growth.
Harris Interactive Harris Interactive () is an American market research company that specializes in public opinion research, using statistical sampling for both telephone and [surveys. Headquartered in Rochester, New York], the company has annual revenue of over [[United States dollar|$200 million, and employs approximately 1,000 full time staff.
Harris Interactive College Football Poll The Harris Interactive College Football Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football teams. The rankings are compiled by Harris Interactive, a market research company that specializes in Internet research.
Harris Johns Harris Johns is a European musical producer, who used to be more active in the 80's in the heavy metal scene, working for a lot of named bands, such as Helloween, Coroner, Tankard, Sodom, Voivod, Ratos de PorĂŁo and many others at his studio Musiclab Studios.
Harris Lake Harris Lake is an artificial lake in the Research Triangle region of central North Carolina. Covering 4,100 acres (17 km²) in southwestern Wake County and southeastern Chatham County, it serves primarily as the a source of cooling water for the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant.
Harris matrix The Harris matrix or Winchester seriation diagram is a tool used to depict the temporal succession of archaeological contexts and thus the sequence of deposition on a 'dry land' archaeological site. The matrix reflects the relative position and stratigraphic contacts of observable stratigraphic units, or contexts.
Harris Museum The Harris Museum is a Grade I listed museum building in Preston and has the largest gallery space in Lancashire. The collections include important local history and archaeology collections, highlights of which are displayed in the Story of Preston, which gives a historical account of the city.
Harris Publications Harris Publications is the publisher of King Magazine, XXL, SLAM, Scratch, Rides, Donk, Box, and Bubbles and among other titles. Its major division, Harris Outdoor Magazines, issues several titles on hunting, fishing, and firearms.
Harris Scarfe Harris Scarfe Department Stores was founded in South Australia over 160 years ago in Rundle Mall, Adelaide. At its peak, Adelaide was home to five major South Australian department stores (including Harris Scarfe, John Martins and Birks and Moore's), of which Harris Scarfe is the sole survivor.
Harris Tweed Harris Tweed (Clò Mór or Clò na Hearadh in Gaelic), is a luxury cloth that has been handwoven by the islanders on the Isles of Harris, Lewis, Uist and Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, using local wool.
Harris Yulin Harris Yulin (born November 5, 1937 in ) is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of Hollywood films and made-for-TV movies. He first emerged in the cult Brian De Palma film Scarface (1983) as a crooked cop who double-crosses Al Pacino's character.
Harris's Hawk The Harris's Hawk or Harris Hawk (formerly the Bay-winged Hawk), Parabuteo unicinctus, is a medium-large bird of prey which breeds from the southwestern USA south to Chile and central Argentina. It is the only member of the genus Parabuteo (Ridgway, 1874), which literally means 'similar to Buteo'.
Harris-Todaro Model The Harris-Todaro Model is an economic model used in development economics and welfare economics to explain some of the issues concerning rural-urban migration. The main result of the model is that the migration decision is based on expected income differentials between rural and urban areas, not wage differentials.
Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) is a community college in the United States serving the greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania metropolitan area. HACC is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Harrisburg Cemetery Harrisburg Cemetery, formerly known as Mount Kalmia Cemetery, is a prominent cemetery in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, located at 13th and Liberty streets in the Allison Hill/East Harrisburg neighborhoods of the city. It was officially founded in 1845, although internments took place for many years before.
Harrisburg Heat The Harrisburg Heat was a professional soccer team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team was part of the National Professional Soccer League, which later became the Major Indoor Soccer League, and has been defunct since 2003.
Harrisburg Hospital Harrisburg Hospital is a 400-bed urban community hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, serving as the primary hospital for the also Harrisburg-based PinnacleHealth System, a primary chain of hospitals and clinics serving central Pennsylvania. The hospital is a teaching facility providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services.
Harrisburg metropolitan area The Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon, PA metropolitan area is the 94th largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the United States and the 53rd largest Combined Statistical Area (CSA) in the United States. As of 2005, the population for the Harrisburg CSA was estimated at 647,390.
Harrisburg Regional Chamber The Harrisburg Regional Chamber (HRC) was founded in 1912, and was originally known as the Harrisburg Board of Trade, which was established in the late 1800s. The HRC currently represents 1730 businesses in Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry (Pennsylvania), counties.
Harrisburg Transportation Center The Harrisburg Transportation Center formerly known as Union Station, is the main railroad station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is located in the southeastern corner of downtown Harrisburg between the intersections of Aberdeen and Market Streets and 4th and Chestnut Streets.
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology The Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is a private research university located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The university offers academic and research programs in mathematics, science and various technology related fields, and is a candidate for accreditation by the Middle State’s Commission on Higher Education.
Harrisburg, Houston, Texas Harrisburg was founded before 1825 on the east shore of the Buffalo Bayou in present-day Harris County, Texas, on land belonging to John Richardson Harris. In 1926, Harrisburg was annexed into the city of Houston.
Harrisburg, South Dakota Harrisburg is a city in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States and is a suburb of Sioux Falls. The population was 958 at the 2000 census and nearly doubled in size to 1,875 as of the Census Bureau's 2005 estimate showing a growth rate of 95.
Harrisment Harrisment is a deliberate misspelling of "harassment" which was used by opponents of former Ontario Premier Mike Harris to describe their belief that they were being "harassed" by him. The conservative Premier was controversial due to the many reforms made during his tenure, including tax reductions and the cutting of certain services.
Harrismith Harrismith is a large town situated on the N3 highway in the Free State Province between Johannesburg (about 350 km from Johannesburg) and Durban. This important crossroads in South Africa's land trade routes is surrounded by mesas and buttes and located at base of one of these called Platberg or "flat mountain" translated from Afrikaans.
Harrison (Metro-North station) The Harrison Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Harrison, New York via the New Haven Line. During peak hours, some local trains (namely those not subsidized by the Connecticut Department of Transportation) originate or terminate here as opposed to locals from Stamford.
Harrison A. Williams Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams Jr. (December 10, 1919 – November 17, 2001) was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives (1953-1957) and the United States Senate (1959-1982).

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