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Wealth and Poverty: What Is Poverty?

What Is Poverty?Wealth and PovertyIntroductionWhat Is Poverty?Who's Got How Much?Why Incomes Are Becoming More UnequalWhat's the Government's Role?Other Aspects of Wealth and PovertyThe Ultimate…

Haya

(Encyclopedia) HayaHayahīˈə [key], people of Africa living on Lake Victoria in the extreme northwest of Tanzania. They originally came from W Uganda, a region they left because of endless wars. There…

Junín, village, Peru

(Encyclopedia) Junín, city (1993 pop. 16,183), W central Peru, in the Andes. In the vicinity on Aug. 6, 1824, Simón Bolívar, aided by Antonio José de Sucre, defeated the Spanish general José Canterac…

Mörike, Eduard

(Encyclopedia) Mörike, EduardMörike, Eduardāˈd&oomacr;ärt möˈrĭkə [key], 1804–75, German writer and clergyman, a leader of the Swabian school. Over 50 of his rich and varied lyrics, among them “…

Mudanjiang

(Encyclopedia) Mudanjiang or MutankiangMutankiangboth: m&oomacr;-dän-jyäng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 602,700), SE Heilongjiang prov., China. It is a railroad junction and a lumbering center in…

Li Shang-yin

(Encyclopedia) Li Shang-yinLi Shang-yinlēˈ shăngˌ-yĭnˈ [key], 813?–858, Chinese poet. Of his 598 extant works, the best known are untitled love poems that describe in rich, sensuous detail scenes of…

Little Sioux

(Encyclopedia) Little SiouxLittle Siouxs&oomacr; [key], river, 221 mi (356 km) long, rising in SW Minn. and flowing generally SW across NW Iowa to the Missouri River S of Sioux City. Flowing…

Los Mochis

(Encyclopedia) Los MochisLos Mochislōs mōˈchēs [key], city (1990 pop. 162,659), Sinaloa state, W Mexico. Los Mochis is connected to Mexico City by highway and to the port of Topolobampo by road and…

Riverina

(Encyclopedia) RiverinaRiverinarĭvˌərēˈnə [key], region, 26,560 sq mi (68,790 sq km), New South Wales, SE Australia. Located S of the Lachlan River in the south central part of the state, Riverina is…