(Encyclopedia) ButhrotumButhrotumby&oomacr;thrōˈtəm [key], city of ancient Epirus, in S Albania, 8 mi (12.9 km) S of Sarandë, opposite N end of the island of Kérkira (Corfu) on an inland lagoon…
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anti-communist political figure Died: July 13, 2008Best Known as: former foreign minister of Poland Deathplace: western Poland Bronislaw Geremek was an anti-…
The Question: How does one abbreviate the rank of Captain (U.S. Navy) in correspondence? The Answer: When corresponding with a captain in the U.S. Navy, the…
(Encyclopedia) New York Public Library, free library supported by private endowments and gifts and by the city and state of New York. It is the one of largest libraries in the world. The library was…
(Encyclopedia) Fianna FáilFianna Fáilfēˈənə fäl [key], Irish political party, organized in 1926 by opponents of the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 establishing the Irish Free State and setting up…
(Encyclopedia) Gandhi, SoniaGandhi, Soniagänˈdē [key], 1946–, Indian politician, b. Turin, Italy, as Sonia Maino. She met Rajiv Gandhi in 1965 when they were students in Cambridge, England. They were…
(Encyclopedia) Dos Passos, John Roderigo, 1896–1970, American novelist, b. Chicago, grad. Harvard, 1916. He subsequently studied in Spain and served as a World War I ambulance driver in France and…
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