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(Encyclopedia) Fort Collins, city (2020 pop. 169,810), seat of Larimer co., N Colo., on the Cache la Poudre River, at the foot of the Rocky Mts., inc.…Cantabrian Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Cantabrian MountainsCantabrian Mountainskăntāˈbrēən [key], N Spain, extending c.300 mi (480 km) along the Bay of Biscay from the Pyrenees to Cape Finisterre. Torre de Cerredo (8,687 ft…sperm oil
(Encyclopedia) sperm oil, liquid wax obtained from the sperm whale, or cachalot, and related marine mammals. It flows readily, is clear, and varies in color from pale yellow to brownish yellow.…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 1
Part IIIStatus and Treatment of Protected PersonsSection IProvisions Common to the Territories of the Parties to the Conflict and to Occupied TerritoriesArticle 27Protected persons are…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 3
Section III Occupied Territories Article 47 Protected persons who are in occupied territory shall not be deprived, in any case or in any manner whatsoever, of the benefits of the…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 5
Section V Information Bureaux and Central Agency Article 136 Upon the outbreak of a conflict and in all cases of occupation, each of the Parties to the conflict shall establish…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part IV, Section 1
Part IV Execution of the Convention Section I General Provisions Article 142 Subject to the measures which the Detaining Powers may consider essential to ensure their…Jacquerie
(Encyclopedia) JacquerieJacqueriezhäkˌərēˈ [key] [Fr.,=collection of Jacques, which is, like Jacques Bonhomme, a nickname for the French peasant], 1358, revolt of the French peasantry. The uprising…Majorian
(Encyclopedia) Majorian (Julius Maiorianus)Majorianməjôrˈēən [key], d.461, Roman emperor of the West (457–61). He became emperor after he and Ricimer had deposed Avitus. An able and honest ruler,…agranulocytosis
(Encyclopedia) agranulocytosisagranulocytosisəgrănˌyəlōsītōˈsis [key], disease in which the production of granulated white blood cells by the bone marrow is impaired. Although the disease may occur…Trending
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