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  • multi-national state. Some support for the movement came from Bulgarians ... would preserve the empire. Instead, this alliance led to the Ottoman defeat ...
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  • and Kamenev joined the United Front in an alliance with Trotsky which favored ... and Hungary ended Bolsheviks' hopes for an imminent world revolution ...
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  • right to import black slaves into America for 30 years. Under the treaty ... had international dimensions in the scramble for overseas territories, wealth ...
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  • and the National Women's History Alliance. It was then recognized ... population, their place in society has, for most of history, been lower ...
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  • War. This was a time of great suffering for George Washington's army ... news arrived at Valley Forge of an alliance with France, providing military ...
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  • and soon developed a strong reputation for his challenge to the prevailing ... Brunner was rewarded for his literary efforts with the appointment ...
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  • rake in John Bunyans' Pilgrim's Progress, the task of such writers ... A muckraker is an American English term for one who investigates and ...
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  • by the Young Turks Committee of Union and Progress, which effectively side ... fearing a similar fate. Partly, an alliance with the Ottomans was strategically ...
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  • of which he was later Chancellor, for taking part in a strike. Moving ... Following Amin's fall, he again stood for the Presidency and won. The ...
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  • achieved that would enable humankind to progress to a higher level, in which ... come about, his work provided the foundation for great advances in the understanding ...
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  • He was known for The Fable of the Bees (1714), which was first published ... had been banished from Rotterdam in 1690 for involvement in the Costerman ...
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  • to report to the Secretary-General on progress in their territories. Since ... Some had wanted to place oversight of progress towards independence ...
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  • were made by different parties. Real progress only became possible, however ... Efforts to negotiate between representatives from both sides were ...
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  • that scripture provided a workable model for public life, an emphasis that ... to defend Zürich against an attack by an alliance of Swiss Catholic forces ...
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  • by establishing castle towns as centers for manufacturing, and many of ... which later became Oda's residence for over ten years. Taking advantage ...
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  • both in Russia and abroad and became known for his fierce loyalty to Lenin. power in their respective countries. Demands for supplies and aid goaded Lenin ...
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  • Gaya earned a reputation, particularly, for its iron working, as Byeonhan ... Goryeong County. Unable to defend itself for long against Silla and Baekje ...
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  • the Duc de Villars and the Duke of Berwick for France, the Duke of Marlborough ... candidate, too, posed formidable problems, for Leopold's success would ...
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  • In hindsight, had Alexander III continued the course for reform set ... these peculiarities. He was also noted for his immense physical strength. ...
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  • 16 and made somewhat better than average progress through the officer ranks ... His effective alliance with labor unions brought Perón growing influence ...
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  • 8, is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political, and ... the political and human rights theme for women, as designated by the ...
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  • in governance. These views, extreme for their time, were emphatically ... society ruled by God as a stepping-stone for the creation of God's ...
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  • of Bangladesh she has ruled the country for about ten years (longest period ... two women has dominated Bangladeshi politics for two decades. The fact that ...
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  • the last ruler of a dynasty that had lasted for 641 years, the oldest in the ... not the Turkish people were responsible for entering the war, so the people ...
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  • This period of history is important for Lithuanian identity. Building ... controversial in some Catholic sources. So for instance he was called rex ...
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  • He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968, for his work in drafting the Universal ... War II was caused by a fundamental disregard for human rights, so that protecting ...
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  • China, which actually became more accessible for trade as long as the Mongol ... with three armies. One army defeated an alliance which included forces from ...
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  • He was appointed "definitor general" at Rome for the Capuchins ... At the same time, he was commissioned to establish houses for his ...
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  • the United Nations, the United States Agency for International Development ... were “catalysts for the popularity, ubiquity, and redefinition” ...
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  • into what proved to be a disastrous alliance with Germany. The Empire ... for the massacres of Ottoman Armenians which occurred throughout his ...
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  • de Tirésias (1917, later used as the basis for an opera in 1947). of an unstable time when the notion of progress was severely undermined ...
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  • powerful personality to help secure rights for many in impoverished and oppressed ... philosophy have created political fodder for critics of his modern adherents. ...
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  • being convicted in 1948 under the Smith Act for supporting the overthrow of ... USA, Hall was criticized by fellow leftists for his unwavering support of ...
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  • government. By 1964, he was Minister for Home Affairs and by 1967, ... Kenyans as "Nyayo," a Swahili word for "footsteps." He ...
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  • other cabinet positions, including Minister for Finance (1978-1981), Minister ... name. He was sworn in on December 30, 2007, for his second term as president ...
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  • The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... 1994) No: 05953. Retrieved August 4, 2008. For almost four centuries, the ...
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  • :For the province, see Sulu {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = Sulu ... in China resulted in a rising demand for maritime and forest products ...
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  • Sassou Nguesso, who has expressed support for economic reforms and privatization ... The southwest of the country is a coastal plain for which the primary ...
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  • they could control the proceedings. It met for 13 hours, from 4:00 P.M. to ... Assembly that would write a constitution for Russia was one of the main ...
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  • been vital in maintaining control of India. For this reason, colonial powers ... The alliance between the United Kingdom, France, and Israel was largely ...
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  • The wars were disastrous for England's already declining influence ... Edward III. Cambridge was executed in 1415, for treason, at the start of the ...
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  • to Goguryeo as a prisonor as a condition for maintaining his own rule over ... Buyeo (state). The Buyeo state was no match for the great cavalry units of ...
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  • and was under international scrutiny for human rights abuses in 2008 ... situation has allowed its doors to open for visitors once again. ...
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  • and help maintain Emperor Leopold within the Grand Alliance. Prince Eugène arrived with reinforcements for the Allies, the two armies ...
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  • 297–272 B.C.E.) and an alliance consisting of Sparta, under the ... Greek states on the island were appealing for his help in their struggle ...
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  • " It also briefly features their ideas for how the capitalist society ... All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to ...
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  • traditional values and an outspoken advocate for modernization and change. ... Secretary, remaining its undisputed leader for seven years until he was ousted ...
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  • During 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for sale worldwide; ... The word Mazda derives from Ahura Mazda, the Avestan language name ...
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  • Revolution, including the Revolutionary Alliance, as a moderate democratic ... (同盟會) days, was sent to Moscow for several months' military ...
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  • feared the potential of a Sino-American alliance against them and believed ... the arms race (nuclear testing is necessary for continued nuclear weapon advancements ...
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  • had Bhutto executed. Zia initially ruled for a year as martial law administrator ... to the ruling elite participated. His alliance with the U.S. against the ...
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  • #039;s term Fillmore was not nominated for the presidency by his party ... lesser United States presidents, his support for the Compromise of 1850 kept ...
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  • quot;), given to them expressly for the purpose of founding their ... was a small chapel nearby which they used for Mass. Soon the monks in Molesme ...
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  • away from each other. He is most remembered for devising the battle plan that ... When Batu returned to Mongolia for the election of the new Great Khan ...
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  • demanding Goguryeo cancel any military alliance with the Turks, stop the ... heavy rain made the army's progress almost impossible and hampered ...
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  • of Colombia (FARC) on February 23, 2002. For more than six years, she was ... on President John F. Kennedy's Alliance for Progress (HarperCollins Publishers ...
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  • and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime ... peerage as the Earl of Beaconsfield, serving for nearly four decades in the ...
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  • term, she founded the People's Program for the economic uplift of the ... state in modern times, pioneering the way for other Muslim women to follow ...
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  • or sometimes just "drink") is used for beverages that contain alcohol ... and other additives that may not be good for health. Some studies have ...
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  • and find a way of harmony and prosperity for all. ==Introduction== ... *Teton (“Dwellers on the Prairie”): the westernmost Sioux, known ...
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  • an association of fair wage-earners uniting for the purpose of maintaining ... ensuring that workers are well-cared for and thus able to make their ...
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  • chose to attack them rather than wait for them to cross into France. While the campaign hung in the balance for most of its duration, the ...
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  • system. Bolívar supported a Church-state alliance, Santander wanted a secular ... plantation owner. In 1810, when the movement for independence started he was ...
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  • wore the insignia of the Order of the Garter for the above portrait by Daniel ... taxes crippled the royal finances. His taste for political absolutism, his ...
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  • minded Liberal Party member, a campaigner for educational reform, and President ... above all to improve the quality of life for the non-elite, opposing privilege ...
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  • Panasonikku) is an international brand name for Japanese electric products ... The brand Panasonic was created by Matsushita in 1955, for use in ...
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  • successor Joscelin II was forced into an alliance with the Byzantine Empire ... 257-277. Retrieved February 18, 2024. The alliance was negotiated by the chronicler ...
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  • of the federal government and block the progress of liberty. His severe beating ... to provide equal civil and voting rights for the freedmen, and to block ...
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  • and is surrounded by Senegal, except for a small coast on the Atlantic ... of groundnuts (peanuts) and on tourism for revenue (it is known as a ...
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  • == Another candidate for the Crown == [[Image:George of Greece III ... believed that the Greeks were "panting for increase in territory", ...
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  • took responsibility, on several audiotapes, for numerous acts of terrorism ... world and opposed the West's support for and the existence of Israel ...
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  • He first served in the cabinet as Minister for External Affairs under Prime ... himself, who championed equal rights for all regardless of gender, ...
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  • 26, 1925) was the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States ... Bryan is probably best known for his crusade against Darwinism, which ...
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  • transmission system. He received patents for color television systems in ... image composed of 1,125 lines of resolution for the purpose of television ...
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  • the Paris Peace Conference as more or less, for the six months that the powers ... of Napoleon III. He had a great admiration for the politicians who were forging ...
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  • John Major had laid some of the groundwork for the Agreement when he issued ... rule in Ireland, predating partition. For much of this history, Catholics ...
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  • The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles arguing for the ... of the 85 articles; no. 10 advocates for a large, strong republic and ...
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  • (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they ... Aurangzeb for many represents an anti-hero, an example of someone ...
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  • the Union but strongly opposed the war, for which they blamed abolitionists ... government, urging instead more power for the states. Most shared an ...
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  • nearly all of Paraguay's demand for electricity. Another large ... Paraguay had been home to native tribes, including the Guaraní, for ...
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  • the opening of Japan the prior decade. An alliance of southern samurai, particularly ... should contribute their various resources for the sake of the world in order ...
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  • 1991 eventually translated into improvements for Biman Airlines as well. The ... flag, the current logo has remained in place for over two decades. The Balaka ...
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  • 1851, frustrated because he could not stand for re-election, he manipulated ... at least by the Bonapartists but lived for most of his life under virtual ...
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  • behind only John D. Rockefeller. He is known for having built one of the most ... wealth accumulation and subsequent use for the betterment of humankind ...
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  • of John Foxe. Her life has been adapted for numerous novels, plays, operas ... although they had only held a title for four generations. The report ...
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  • and remitting, or occur as a single episode. For a mental state to classify ... Some health professionals have argued for a return to the concept ...
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  • Hassan was renowned for his piety and ascetic life-style as well as ... quot; (plural: Daˤiyyīn). Progress up the hierarchy involved ...
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  • 1959, Peres served continuously, except for a three-month-long hiatus ... with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat for the peace talks that he participated ...
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  • [[Image:Man and woman undergoing public exposure for adultery in Japan ... to a more practical, utilitarian concern for deterrence and rehabilitation ...
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  • times (1962, 1970, 1974 and 1982) and ran for US President four times, running ... his grandfather's successful campaign for probate judge. Late in 1945 ...
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  • Outsiders often viewed it as a threat; for insiders, including for much ... of wrong choices, pride, and lack of respect for the dignity of all people ...
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  • emphasizing civil rights and voting rights for the Freedmen. Violent controversy ... also abandoned the cause of social justice for freed slaves, engendering ...
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  • 1960 Treaty of Guarantee in justification for occupying Northern Cyprus ... communities has been nurtured. Only a desire for peace and reconciliation that ...
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  • Mongol Yuan Dynasty sought a political alliance with the Vatican, and welcomed ... ” The Nestorians earned a reputation for their skill in surgery and ...
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  • Polish advance eastward, the Soviets sued for peace and the war ended with ... . Germany's defeat rendered its plans for the creation of Eastern European ...
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  • of Muslims in South Asia: With P standing for Punjab, A for the Afghan areas ... the year. This results in a water shortage for crops, a problem Pakistan ...
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  • In 1937, Japan engaged in war with China for a second time, and in ... discussion about how much responsibility for Japan’s involvement in China ...
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  • " Italian Fascism is considered a model for other forms of fascism, yet ... In its present form as the "National Alliance" (AN), it proclaims ...
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  • French Revolution and it was distinguished for its left-wing, revolutionary ... "the mountain" or Montagnards for their seats in the uppermost ...
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  • are sometimes referred to as the Triple Alliance. Many people believed that ... scientists have grappled with this question for nearly a century without reaching ...
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  • This may be somewhat of an exaggeration, for while the very language of ... and heroism of their respective nations (for Homer, Greece; for Virgil ...
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  • groups, and people broadly fighting for the rights of lesbian, gay ... the attitude that God's grace is for all people, and see homosexuals ...
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  • Seventeen Provinces (holding various titles for the individual territories ... state in which they live, which is healthy for humanity as people realize ...
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  • to boost morale and win financial support for the new government. Its five ... #An international search for knowledge to strengthen the foundations ...
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  • in minority communities, are the basis for creating group solidarity ... intersectional perspective, which accounts for the range of interacting systems ...
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  • organization established in 1945 for the purpose of securing world ... nations are no longer the defining framework for conflict. The United Nations ...
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  • concluding it as a Liberal. He was Secretary for War 1809 to 1828. He is best ... #039;s governance of her colonies was for the benefit of the governed ...
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  • in the United Kingdom, Bhutto was noted for his mercurial brilliance and wit. Bhutto was executed in 1979 for allegedly authorizing the murder of ...
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  • 14, 1967) was a major Romanian writer, noted for his contribution to poetry ... in October 1891, started working to pay for his studies,Kuiper, 67. and ...
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  • Development is one of many extensive plans for Kabul's redevelopment. ... Afghanistan, is little more than a trickle for most of the year, but swells ...
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  • returned to the university. He was expelled for taking part in student riots ... with great success at a training institute for girl teachers. ...
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  • and mild winters. Its rugged terrain allows for limited agricultural products ... The history of San Marino is both very European and typical for the ...
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  • quot;enemy of the people" has been used for centuries in literature (See ... period as different factions fought for power. Jean-Paul Marat fought ...
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  • Its aims include the acceleration of economic growth, social progress ... will have most likely laid the foundation for that goal. ...
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  • not tried to find out who was responsible for his predecessor's murder ... saying, "You are not a people fit for my rulership nor am I a master ...
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  • the Nuba mountains and Blue Nile. It lasted for 22 years and is one of the ... fought against the people of inland Sudan for centuries. Since at least ...
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  • built a church, the first in Mysore. In alliance with the French in their ... against other Indians and it was only in alliance with other Indian rulers ...
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  • a political process providing benchmarks for the establishment of permanent ... a semiarid to arid environment suitable only for the nomadic pastoralism practiced ...
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  • the Great Depression and led the military alliance that defeated Nazi Germany ... and democracy against tyranny. His concern for the poor and the socially ...
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  • to developing controlled nuclear reactors for generating electricity from ... of the nuclear genie opened the way for a nuclear arms race between ...
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  • related to the counting of votes in Chicago for his election as President ... Latin America by establishing the Alliance for Progress, which sent foreign ...
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  • precedent that was to serve as an example for the United States and also ... lived at Ferry Farm and Mount Vernon for the next several years. He ...
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  • to the right from 1921. His strong support for and defense of the New Economic ... in God and often asked him to recite poetry for family friends as young as ...
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  • Leaders like Black Kettle advocated for peace with the settlers, but ... evolved. The group in the south formed an alliance with the Southern Arapaho. ...
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  • ), was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding the allied countries ... on July 12, 1947. The plan was in operation for four fiscal years beginning ...
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  • of Italy. The Southern, republican drive for unification was led by Giuseppe ... its unification impetus into working for European unity. Alcide De ...
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  • and posed significant logistical problems for the combating sides. That ... Line of Control (LOC), the defacto border for the two nations, located 120 ...
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  • by Sundiata Keita and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, ... expeditions spurred on by its reputation for prosperity. Indeed, the Mali ...
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  • which he describes as "a critical term for activity let loose" is ... seceded," that is, the British Empire. For George Washington, the US ...
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  • members states to provide military support for the Republic of Korea. ... admission of new member states or nominees for the office of Secretary-General ...
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  • the man from the myth is a challenge for any historian. What can be ... would make their own, informs a tendency for Scotland to see herself as ...
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  • cell, and became a vocal advocate for Marxism within the revolutionary ... By autumn 1894, he was leading a workers' circle that met for ...
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  • meters (3,284 and 6,562 ft) is characterized for presenting an average temperature ... reforms in cooperation with the Alliance for Progress. In the end, the ...
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  • For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit human society ... In 1879, Wilhelm Wundt founded a laboratory for the scientific study ...
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  • Merkel received the Charlemagne Prize "for her work to reform the European ... in scientific journals. She was Minister for Women and Youth in Helmut ...
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  • Lawrence River, the international border for part of its course, is a primary ... Ontario, and New York. It is not uncommon for heavy snow to occur during ...
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  • For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...
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  • is the one that governs least, that provides for the greatest individual liberty ... in the maximum well-being or efficiency for a society. Though they will ...
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  • her grandfather authored a framework for post-colonial government. ... was an essential part of this. Her eagerness for change sometimes saw her act ...
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  • broke out against the British. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation - the ... His achievements can be seen as a precedence for those who, in the ...
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  • Receiving a sixty ruble fee, he exchanged it for the works of Molière, Racine ... author gain recognition in literary circles. For about four years (1797–1801 ...
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  • plan eventually deteriorated into an arms-for-hostages scheme, in which ... that the United States did not trade arms for hostages.Ronald Reagan, Ronald ...
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  • and fear. He was a superb orator, best known for his "I Have a Dream" ... …his achievements… were astounding for a man who was cut down at ...
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  • of compensation an employee must receive for performing labor; usually ... into Latin America as part of the Alliance for Progress; however these minimum ...
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  • Underground water, extensively used for the republic's water ... “Codru,” it was extensively de-forested for agriculture during the nineteenth ...
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  • States, supported by their military alliance partners. It lasted from ... world that garnered superpower support for opposing sides within civil ...
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