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(Encyclopedia) CE5 functional group, in organic chemistry, group of atoms within a molecule that is responsible for certain properties of the molecule and reactions in which it takes part. Organic…Fort Washington
(Encyclopedia) Fort Washington, military post during the American Revolution, situated on the highest point of Manhattan island, New York City, overlooking the Hudson River opposite Fort Lee, N.J. It…Fair Employment Practices Committee
(Encyclopedia) Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC), established (1941) within the Office of Production Management by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was created to…Borobudur
(Encyclopedia) Borobudur or BoroboederBoroboederboth: bōˌrōb&oobreve;d&oomacr;rˈ [key], ruins of one of the finest Buddhist monuments, in central Java, Indonesia. Built by the Sailendras of…Weyprecht, Karl
(Encyclopedia) Weyprecht, KarlWeyprecht, Karlkärl vīˈprĕkht [key], 1838–81, German arctic explorer. With Julius von Payer he made a voyage to Novaya Zemlya in 1871. Weyprecht and Payer were leaders…Tittoni, Tommaso
(Encyclopedia) Tittoni, TommasoTittoni, Tommasotōm-mäˈzō tēt-tôˈnē [key], 1855–1931, Italian statesman. As minister of foreign affairs (1903–5, 1906–9), he sought closer ties with the Western powers…French Equatorial Africa
(Encyclopedia) French Equatorial Africa, former French federation in W central Africa. It consisted of four constituent territories: Gabon, Middle Congo (see Congo, Republic of the), Chad, and Ubangi…Sakurajima
(Encyclopedia) SakurajimaSakurajimasäk&oomacr;ˈräˈjĭmä [key], peninsula, Kagoshima prefecture, S Kyushu, Japan, in Kagoshima Bay opposite Kagoshima. Formerly an island, Sakurajima became a…Richmond upon Thames
(Encyclopedia) Richmond upon Thames, outer borough (1991 pop. 154,600) of Greater London, SE England. The borough was created in 1965 by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Barnes, Richmond, and…Robinson, Joseph Taylor
(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Joseph Taylor, 1872–1937, U.S. legislator, b. Lonoke co., Ark. He was admitted (1895) to the bar and served (1903–13) in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1913 he became…Trending
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