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(Encyclopedia) French Community, established in 1958 by the constitution of the Fifth French Republic to replace the French Union. Its members consisted of the French Republic, which included…Fresno
(Encyclopedia) Fresno Fresno frĕzˈnō [key], city (2020 pop. 546,770), seat of Fresno co., S central Calif…Hay-Herrán Treaty
(Encyclopedia) Hay-Herrán TreatyHay-Herrán Treatyhā-ĕränˈ [key], 1903, aborted agreement between the United States and Colombia providing for U.S. control of the prospective Panama Canal and for U.S…Iacocca, Lee
(Encyclopedia) Iacocca, Lee (Lido Anthony Iacocca)Iacocca, Leeīˌəkōˈkə [key], 1924–2019, American automobile business executive, b. Allentown, Pa., grad. Lehigh Univ. (1945), Princeton (M.A., 1946).…Antananarivo
(Encyclopedia) Antananarivo Antananarivo äntänänärēˈvō [key] or Tananarive Tananarive tänänärēvˈ [key], city (2021 metro. area pop. 3,531,887), capital of…Martin, Paul Edgar Philippe, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Martin, Paul Edgar Philippe, Jr., 1938–, Canadian politician, prime minister (2003–6) of Canada, b. Windsor, Ont. The scion of a politically active family (his father served in…Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
(Encyclopedia) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, former waterway, c.185 mi (300 km) long, from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Md., running along the north bank of the Potomac River. A successor to the…Chulalongkorn
(Encyclopedia) ChulalongkornChulalongkornch&oomacr;ˈlälôngˈkôrn [key] or Rama VChulalongkornräˈmä [key], 1853–1910, king of Siam (1868–1910). Educated in part by a British governess, Anna…Düsseldorf
(Encyclopedia) Düsseldorf Düsseldorf düsˈəldôrf [key], city, capital of North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, at the…Keating, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Keating, Paul, 1944–, Australian politician. A trade-union official and member of the Labor party, he was first elected to parliament in 1969. As federal treasurer (treasury minister)…Trending
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