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State Department Notes on Lesotho

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Lesotho Relations PEOPLE More than 99% of Lesotho's population is ethnically Basotho…

Georgia, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 GeorgiaGeorgiajôrˈjə [key], state in the SE United States, the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be founded. It is bordered by Florida (S), Alabama (W), Tennessee and North…

jazz

(Encyclopedia) jazz, the most significant form of musical expression of African-American culture and arguably the most outstanding contribution the United States has made to the art of music…

State Department Notes on Denmark

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government Political Conditions National Security U.S.-Danish Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORY The Danes, a homogenous Gothic…

Inventions and Discoveries

Adrenaline: (isolation of) John Jacob Abel, U.S., 1897. Aerosol can: Erik Rotheim, Norway, 1926. Air brake: George Westinghouse, U.S., 1868. Air conditioning: Willis Carrier, U.S., 1911.…

State Department Notes on Gabon

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Gabonese Relations PEOPLEAlmost all Gabonese are of…

Writers

    Related Links Notable Asian-American Poets and Writers Notable Irish Writers Notable Female Literary Figures Notable Hispanic-American Figures Notable…

Scientists: Life Sciences

Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies Life…

State Department Notes on Jamaica

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Jamaican Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYArawaks from South…