(Encyclopedia) JiujiangJiujiangjy&oomacr;-jyäng [key] or Kiukiang, city (1994 est. pop. 322,300), N Jiangxi prov., China, on the Chang River, near Poyang Lake. A major river port, it is connected…
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A list of the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders currently serving in the 113th Congress. There are eleven members in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate. State…
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(Encyclopedia) Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude Nessim, 1933–, French physicist, b. Algeria, Ph.D. École Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1962. He has continued his research at the École Normale Supérieure, and was…
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(Encyclopedia) Courbet, GustaveCourbet, Gustavegüstävˈ k&oomacr;rbāˈ [key], 1819–77, French painter, b. Ornans. He moved to Paris in 1839 and studied there, learning chiefly by copying…
(Encyclopedia) Wang Yang-mingWang Yang-mingwäng yäng-mĭng [key], 1472–1529, Chinese philosopher. He developed an idealist interpretation of Confucianism that denied the rationalist dualism of the…
