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Gurugram

(Encyclopedia) Gurugram, formerly Gurgaon Gurugram, gûrˈgoun [key], city, Haryana state, N…

Hvorostovsky, Dmitri Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia) Hvorostovsky, Dmitri Aleksandrovich, 1962–2017, Russian lyric baritone, b. Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. Known for his passionate and vocally mellifluous performances, broad repertoire, superb…

Malpass, David Robert

(Encyclopedia) Malpass, David Robert, 1956–, American government offical and finance executive, b. Petoskey, Mich., B.A. Colorado College, 1976, M.B.A. Univ. of Denver, 1978, fellow School of Foreign…

Gentili, Alberico

(Encyclopedia) Gentili, AlbericoGentili, Albericoälbārēˈkō jāntēˈlē [key], 1552–1608, Italian writer on international law. Forced to leave Italy because of his Protestantism, he went to England (1580…

fair trade

(Encyclopedia) fair trade, a trading arrangement intended to provide more equitable international trade by creating better conditions for disadvantaged or marginalized producers of goods. Fair trade…

Ahtisaari, Martti Oiva Kalevi

(Encyclopedia) Ahtisaari, Martti Oiva KaleviAhtisaari, Martti Oiva Kaleviäkhˈtēsärrē [key], 1937–, Finnish diplomat, political leader, and international mediator; grad. Univ. of Oulu (1959). Joining…

arbitration

(Encyclopedia) arbitration, industrial, method of settling disputes between two parties by seeking and accepting the decision of a third party. Arbritration differs from mediation in that the…

AIG

(Encyclopedia) AIG: see American International Group.

Preston, Lewis Thompson

(Encyclopedia) Preston, Lewis Thompson, 1926–95, American financial executive, b. New York City. After serving as a U.S. Marine during World War II and graduating from Harvard (1951), he joined J. P…

Szewińska, Irena

(Encyclopedia) Szewińska, Irena, 1946–2018, Polish sprinter and long jumper, b. Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia) as Irena Kirszenstein, grad. Univ. of Warsaw, 1970. In her first Olympics (1964…