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Muir Woods National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Muir Woods National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Lake of the Woods
(Encyclopedia)Lake of the Woods, 1,485 sq mi (3,846 sq km), c.70 mi (110 km) long, on the U.S.-Canada border in the pine forest region of N Minn., SE Man., and SW Ont. More than two thirds of the lake is in Canada....Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(Encyclopedia)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, at Woods Hole, Mass.; est. 1930. In addition to oceanographic research, it conducts important work in meteorology, biology, geology, and geophysics. Its facilitie...Dumbarton Oaks Conference
(Encyclopedia)Dumbarton Oaks Conference: see United Nations. ...Colonial Conference, British
(Encyclopedia)Colonial Conference, British: see Imperial Conference. ...Hampton Court Conference
(Encyclopedia)Hampton Court Conference and Hampton Court Palace: see under Hampton, England; James I. ...Genoa, Conference of
(Encyclopedia)Genoa, Conference of, 1922, at Genoa, Italy. Representatives of 34 nations convened on Apr. 10 to attempt the reconstruction of European finance and commerce. It was the first conference after World W...Paris Peace Conference
(Encyclopedia)Paris Peace Conference, 1919: see Versailles, Treaty of. ...Lancaster House conference
(Encyclopedia)Lancaster House conference, series of three meetings (1960, 1962, 1963) in which Kenya's constitutional framework and independence were negotiated. In 1960 lack of agreement led Colonial Secretary McL...Berlin, Conference of
(Encyclopedia)Berlin, Conference of, 1884–85, international meeting aimed at settling the problems connected with European colonies in Africa. At the invitation of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, represe...Browse by Subject
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