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Evangelical League
(Encyclopedia) Evangelical League: see Protestant Union.WEU
(Encyclopedia) WEU: see Western European Union.Summit
(Encyclopedia) Summit, city (1990 pop. 19,757), Union co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of the New York City–N New Jersey metropolitan area; settled c.1720, set off from Springfield and New…Trans-Dniester Region
(Encyclopedia) Trans-Dniester Region or Transnistria, region (2004 preliminary pop. 555,000), E Moldova, between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border. A narrow territory some 120 mi (195 km)…Cuban Missile Crisis
(Encyclopedia) Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. In response to the Bay of Pigs Invasion and other American actions against Cuba…ACLU
(Encyclopedia) ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union.Paul, Alice
(Encyclopedia) Paul, Alice, 1885–1977, American feminist, b. Moorestown, N.J. She helped found the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (1913), which became the National Woman's party (1917). After…Varnsdorf
(Encyclopedia) VarnsdorfVarnsdorfvärnsˈdôrf [key], Ger. Warnsdorf, city (1991 pop. 16,266), N Czech Republic, in Bohemia, on the German border. It is a railway junction and a textile manufacturing…Geneva Conference
(Encyclopedia) Geneva Conference, any of various international meetings held at Geneva, Switzerland. Some of the more important ones are discussed here. 1 International conference held Apr.–July,…USSR
(Encyclopedia) USSR: see Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.Trending
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