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(Encyclopedia) North Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.222,000 sq mi (574,980 sq km), c.600 mi (1,000 km) long and c.400 mi (640 km) wide, NW of Central Europe. It washes the shores of Great Britain…Özal, Turgut
(Encyclopedia) Özal, Turgut, 1927–93, Turkish political leader, president of Turkey (1989–93). Trained as an electrical engineer, he worked for the Turkish state planning office in the 1950s and 60s…Fleming, Walter Lynwood
(Encyclopedia) Fleming, Walter Lynwood, 1874–1932, American historian, b. near Brundidge, Ala. He taught at West Virginia Univ. (1904–7) and at Louisiana State Univ. (1907–17) before becoming…Coptos
(Encyclopedia) CoptosCoptoskŏpˈtəs, –tŏs [key] or CoptusCoptoskŏpˈtəs [key], ancient city of Egypt, on the right bank of the Nile, c.27 mi (43 km) N of modern Luxor. Remains of the Temple of Min,…Ctesiphon
(Encyclopedia) CtesiphonCtesiphontĕsˈĭfŏnˌ, tēˈsĭ– [key], ruined ancient city, 20 mi (32 km) SE of Baghdad, Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris opposite Seleucia and at the mouth of the Diyala River…Cavaco Silva, Aníbal António
(Encyclopedia) Cavaco Silva, Aníbal AntónioCavaco Silva, Aníbal Antónioänēˈbäl äntōˈnēō kəväˈk&oomacr; sēlˈvä [key], 1939–, Portuguese economist and political leader, prime minsiter (1985–95) and…Binney, Horace
(Encyclopedia) Binney, Horace, 1780–1875, American lawyer, b. Philadelphia. A leading lawyer in Pennsylvania, Binney was appointed in 1808 a director of the First Bank of the United States. He served…classic revival
(Encyclopedia) classic revival, widely diffused phase of taste (known as neoclassic) which influenced architecture and the arts in Europe and the United States during the last years of the 18th and…Foster, Norman Robert, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
(Encyclopedia) Foster, Norman Robert, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, 1935–, British architect, b. Manchester, grad. Manchester Univ. school of architecture (1961), Yale school of architecture (M.A.,…Meroë
(Encyclopedia) MeroëMeroëmĕrˈōē [key], ancient city in N Sudan, on the east bank of the Nile, N of Khartoum. In the mid-6th cent. b.c., Meroë replaced Napata as the central city of the Cushite…Trending
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