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counterfeiting

(Encyclopedia) counterfeiting, manufacturing spurious coins, paper money, or evidences of governmental obligation (e.g., bonds) in the semblance of the true. There must be sufficient resemblance to…

European Commission

(Encyclopedia) European Commission (EC), institution of the European Union (EU) invested with executive powers; it also is the main EU institution that initiates legislation. Located in Brussels,…

DK People & Places: Scandinavia & Iceland

NORWEGIAN FJORD WHERE DO MOST SCANDINAVIANS LIVE? WHY IS TIMBER SO IMPORTANT TO FINLAND? DO SCANDINAVIANS HAVE A GOOD STANDARD OF LIVING? DO SCANDINAVIANS PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT? WHERE IS THE LAND…

Eastern Question

(Encyclopedia) Eastern Question, term designating the problem of European territory controlled by the decaying Ottoman Empire in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th cent. The Turkish threat to Europe was…

The Supreme Court: Protecting Land and Home

Protecting Land and HomeThe Supreme CourtDeciding Property RightsProtecting Land and HomeSaving WetlandsProtecting Patents, Copyrights and TrademarksTrademark for Sex Shop Most of the time…

Fighter Planes: MiG-15

by David Noland MiG-15 Specs Length: 35 ft, 7 in. Wingspan: 33 ft, 1 in. Empty weight: 8,100 lbs Max weight: 13,300 lbs Max speed: 670 mph…

DK History: Fascism

FASCIST DICTATOR WERE THERE FASCISTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES? WHO WERE THE NAZIS? BIOGRAPHY: ADOLF HITLER 1889–1945 SPANISH CIVIL WARFIND OUT MOREIn 1922 a political movement called fascism grew up in…

DK History: Persian Empire

HOW WAS THE PERSIAN EMPIRE GOVERNED? WHAT WAS THE ROYAL ROAD? ROYAL PALACE BIOGRAPHY: KING DARIUS I r. 522–486 BC SATRAPS FIND OUT MORE From 539 BC to 331 BC, the Persian Empire was…