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Madagascar Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Madagascar Index: People and History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Malagasy Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYMadagascar's…

Biographies of Famous African Americans

  Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee Browse by category Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious…

1944 Academy Awards

The 1944 Academy Awards were presented March 15, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureDouble Indemnity (Paramount)Gaslight (MGM)Going My Way (Paramount)…

criticism

(Encyclopedia) criticism, the interpretation and evaluation of literature and the arts. It exists in a variety of literary forms: dialogues (Plato, John Dryden), verse (Horace, Alexander Pope),…

Netherlands Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note The Netherlands Index: History Economy Foreign Relations U.S. Relations HISTORYThe present constitution--which dates from 1848 and has been amended…

Dutch art

(Encyclopedia) Dutch art, the art of the region that is now the Netherlands. As a distinct national style, this art dates from about the turn of the 17th cent., when the country emerged as a…

South, the

(Encyclopedia) South, the, region of the United States embracing the southeastern and south-central parts of the country. Traditionally, all states S of the Mason-Dixon Line and the Ohio River (…

French literature

(Encyclopedia) French literature, writings in medieval French dialects and standard modern French. Writings in Provençal and Breton are considered separately, as are works in French produced abroad (…