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Kawabata, Yasunari
(Encyclopedia) Kawabata, YasunariKawabata, Yasunariyäs&oomacr;näˈrē käwäˈbätä [key], 1899–1972, Japanese novelist. His first major work was The Izu Dancer, (1925). He came to be a leader of the…Burma Road
(Encyclopedia) Burma Road, in China and Myanmar, extending from the railhead of Lashio, Myanmar, to Kunming, Yunnan prov., China. About 700 mi (1,130 km) long and constructed through rough mountain…Sakhalin
(Encyclopedia) SakhalinSakhalinsəkhəlyēnˈ [key], formerly SaghalienSakhalinsägälyĕnˈ [key], island (c.29,500 sq mi/76,400 sq km), off the coast of Asian Russia, between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea…Common Cause
(Encyclopedia) Common Cause, U.S. organization that seeks a “reordering of national priorities and revitalization of the public process to make our political and governmental institutions more…Yamamoto, Gombei
(Encyclopedia) Yamamoto, GombeiYamamoto, Gombeigōmˈbā yämäˈmōtō [key], 1852–1933, Japanese admiral. He was navy minister (1898–1906) during the Russo-Japanese War. Yamamoto was later (1913–14, 1923–…Southern California, University of
(Encyclopedia) Southern California, University of, at Los Angeles; coeducational; chartered and opened 1880. The university has a liberal arts college and a graduate school as well as schools of…Chang Tso-lin
(Encyclopedia) Chang Tso-linChang Tso-linjäng tsōˈ-lĭnˈ [key], 1873–1928, Chinese general. Chang was of humble birth. As the leader of a unit of Manchurian militia he assisted (1904–5) the Japanese…Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(Encyclopedia) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman and Nicobar Islands ănˈdəmən, nĭkˈōbär [key], union territory (2001 provisional pop. 356,265), India, in the Bay of Bengal.…Grace, William Russell
(Encyclopedia) Grace, William Russell, 1832–1904, American financier, b. Queenstown, Ireland. He was in business in England and Peru before establishing (1865) W. R. Grace & Company in New York…Kurokawa, Kisho Noriaki
(Encyclopedia) Kurokawa, Kisho NoriakiKurokawa, Kisho Noriakinôrēäˈkē kēˈshō k&oomacr;rōˈkäwä [key], 1934–2007, Japanese architect, grad. Tokyo Univ. (Ph.D., 1964). The youngest founding member…Trending
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