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Dumas

Town and administrative headquarters of Moore County, northwest Texas; population (2000) 13,700. It is situated in the Texas panhandle, 72 km/45 mi north-northwest of Amarillo. Founded in 1892, it is in the centre of an irrigated area producing sorghum, castor beans, vegetables, wheat, and cattle. Natural gas fields in the vicinity are the major US helium producer. The city has a zinc smelter and oil refineries. Nitrates, carbon black, and fertilizer are manufactured. Lake Meredith National Recreation Area is 32 km/20 mi to the southeast.



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`The Count of Monte Cristo,' which I had seen James O'Neill play that winter, was by the only Alexandre Dumas I knew.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Dumas here, and later in the chapter, uses the name Roncherat.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
It was asserted that he had never written it, that the magazine had faked it very clumsily, or that Martin Eden was emulating the elder Dumas and at the height of success was hiring his writing done for him.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
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