a town in south central England, on the River Ouse, the county town of Bedfordshire; population 83,400 (est. 2009)
an industrial port city in southeastern Massachusetts, on Buzzards Bay, a noted 19th-century whaling center; population 91,365 (est. 2008)
a tough woven fabric with prominent ridges, similar to corduroy
a residential and commercial section of northern Brooklyn in New York City, home to one of the largest US black communities
(1821–77), Confederate cavalry officer. He led a massacre of 300 black Union soldiers at the surrender of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, in April 1864. After the Civil War, he was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan
(1870–1947), Canadian Conservative statesman; prime minister 1930–35; full name Richard Bedford Bennett
(1870–1947), Canadian Conservative statesman; prime minister 1930–35; full name Richard Bedford Bennett