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Balance of International Payments

(in billions of dollars)Item 1999119981997119961995 1994 1990 1985 1980 1975 1970 1965 1960Exports of goods, services, and income receipts$1,191.4$1,192.2$1,167.6$1,055.2$969.2$ 838.8 $652.9 $366.0…

Arnold, Benedict

(Encyclopedia) Arnold, Benedict, 1741–1801, American Revolutionary general and traitor, b. Norwich, Conn. As a youth he served for a time in the colonial militia in the French and Indian Wars. He…

Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St. John

(Encyclopedia) Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St. JohnWaugh, Evelyn Arthur St. Johnēvˈlĭn, sĭnˈjən wô [key], 1903–66, English writer, considered the greatest satirist of his generation. Educated at Oxford, he…

Bolaño, Roberto

(Encyclopedia) Bolaño, RobertoBolaño, Robertobōlänˈyō [key], 1953–2003, Chilean novelist widely regarded as the most influential Spanish-language writer of his generation. He led a peripatetic life,…

Nova Scotia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Nova ScotiaNova Scotianōˈvə skōˈshə [key] [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Two Algonquian peoples, the Abnaki and…

Top 10 Best American Hospitals, 2007

December 10 - 17 America's Best Hospitals, 2007 The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the United States' best hospitals is prepared by the National Opinion Research…

Top 10 Best American Hospitals, 2006

December 10 - 17 America's Best Hospitals, 2006 The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the United States' best hospitals is prepared by the National Opinion Research…

Brewer's: Language

The primeval language. Psammetichos, an Egyptian king, entrusted two new-born infants to a shepherd, with strict charge that they were never to hear any one utter a word. These children…

The True George Washington: Enemies: The Press

The PressAnother type of enemy, more or less the result of this differing with Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Randolph, was sundry editors and writers who gathered under their patronage and…