Humber

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• In the summer of 1883, Congressman R. C. Humber of Putnam County introduced the general local option law to the House, and it soon came up again for a vote.

  Academic text (2009)

• And the final speech on the Peterloo anniversary comes from the representative of Yorkshire and Humber, Torin Zebul.

• Yorkshire and Humber recently put together a successful joint bid for the Joint Right Control pilot.

  Academic text (2010)

• Meanwhile, Yorkshire and the Humber has 5.2 million people, of whom 16% are over 65; this is expected to increase.

  Academic text (2010)

• The whole area will be managed by a joint board of directors, with Humber having full jurisdiction over the use of the refurbished hospital buildings.

  Academic text (1995)

• In Yorkshire and Humber, it is 126,196.

  Academic text (2010)

• Engagement with other leaders in the northwest, the Northeast and Yorkshire and Humber is continuing.

• Although provincial politicians have claimed that they will try to include the Humber Arm if a federal-provincial agreement on treatment funding can be worked out, there has been no indication that such a funding agreement for St. John's will be extended to the Humber Arm.

  Academic text (2005)

• Then, like Alfred before him, Edward achieved the fealty of the five Welsh kingdoms, thus uniting most of the land South of the Humber for the first time in history.

• When the Humber Arm was designated as one of thirteen marine "hotspots" under the Government of Canada's Green Plan in 1991, an Environment Committee established by the Corner Brook City Council transformed itself into the ACAP Humber Arm Environmental Association, Inc. and shifted its focus from air pollution to water pollution.

  Academic text (2005)

Compounds

H

Humber Bridge

5.5

A very long bridge held by cables over the Humber near Hull in northern England

Surface Forms

Etymology