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Honolulu

(Encyclopedia) Honolulu Honolulu hŏnˌəl&oomacr;ˈl&oomacr;, hōnō– [key], city (…

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…

abacus, in architecture

(Encyclopedia) abacusabacusăbˈəkəs [key], in architecture, flat slab forming the top member of a capital. In classical orders it varies from a square form having unmolded sides in the Greek Doric, to…

European Investment Bank

(Encyclopedia) European Investment Bank, nonprofit bank created in 1958 by the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (now part of the European Union [EU]). The bank makes or…

Evans, Luther Harris

(Encyclopedia) Evans, Luther Harris, 1902–81, American librarian and political scientist, b. Bastrop co., Tex. After teaching political science at several universities, he became director of the…

Puszta

(Encyclopedia) PusztaPusztap&oomacr;ˈstä [key], arid grasslands that once covered a large part of the Alföld, E Hungary. They were used for extensive cattle raising. With the irrigation and…