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Far East

(Encyclopedia) Far East, in the most restricted sense, region comprising the countries of E Asia, namely China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan, and the easternmost portion of…

Movies and Film: Preproduction

PreproductionMovies and FilmHow a Film is MadeDevelopment: Birth of a NotionPreproductionThe Big ProductionPostproductionSome Films Worth Viewing After the dust has settled, the business of making…

Doe, Samuel Kanyon

(Encyclopedia) Doe, Samuel Kanyon, 1951–90, Liberian military ruler (1980–90). Doe joined the army after the 11th grade, and rose to master sergeant. In 1980 Doe led a group of rebels in a successful…

Harrington, James

(Encyclopedia) Harrington, James, 1611–77, English political writer. His Commonwealth of Oceana (1656) pictured a utopian society in which political authority rested entirely with the landed gentry.…

Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr von

(Encyclopedia) Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr vonBunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr vonkrĭsˈtyän kärl yōzēˈäs frīˈhĕr fən b&oobreve;nˈzən [key], 1791–1860, Prussian diplomat and…

Rumelia

(Encyclopedia) Rumelia or RoumeliaRumeliaboth: r&oomacr;mēˈlēə [key], region of S Bulgaria, between the Balkan and Rhodope mts. Historically, Rumelia denoted the Balkan possessions (particularly…

belligerency

(Encyclopedia) belligerencybelligerencybəlĭjˈərənsē [key], in international law, status of parties legally at war. Belligerency exists in a war between nations or in a civil war if the established…

binary system

(Encyclopedia) binary system, numeration system based on powers of 2, in contrast to the familiar decimal system, which is based on powers of 10. In the binary system, only the digits 0 and 1 are…