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Spain Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Spain Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Spanish Relations PEOPLE Spain's population density,…

Slovenia Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Slovenia Index: Geography and People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations and Regional Cooperation U.S.-…

The Iraqi Albatross

1998 News of the Nation Us. foreign policy was dominated in 1998 by continued difficulties with Iraq. On Nov. 13, 1997, Iraq expelled the American members of the U.N. inspection team mandated…

Abram Stevens HEWITT, Congress, NY (1822-1903)

HEWITT Abram Stevens , a Representative from New York; born in Haverstraw, N.Y., July 31, 1822; attended the public schools of New York City and was graduated from Columbia College in 1842;…

Mexico Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Mexico   The Aztec Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, December 23, 1999. [© AP Images]   PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: United Mexican States…

cubism

(Encyclopedia) cubism, art movement, primarily in painting, originating in Paris c.1907. In painting the several sources of cubist inspiration included the later work of Cézanne; the geometric…

superconductivity

(Encyclopedia) superconductivity, abnormally high electrical conductivity of certain substances. The phenomenon was discovered in 1911 by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who found that the resistance of…

Ruskin, John

(Encyclopedia) Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, English critic and social theorist. During the mid-19th cent. Ruskin was the virtual dictator of artistic opinion in England, but Ruskin's reputation declined…