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Zardari, Asif Ali

(Encyclopedia) Zardari, Asif AliZardari, Asif Aliäˈsĭf äˈlē zärdäˈrē [key], 1955–, Pakistani politician, president of Pakistan (2008–13), b. Nawabshah. From a wealthy, prominent family, he studied at…

Celtic Church

(Encyclopedia) Celtic Church, name given to the Christian Church of the British Isles before the mission (597) of St. Augustine of Canterbury from Rome. Founded in the 2d or 3d cent. by missionaries…

Irish Quotations

  Those Quotable Irish   John Millington Synge, W.B. Yeats, and others   Compiled by David Johnson, Ann Marie Imbornoni, and Borgna Brunner  …

Vermont

Capital: Montpelier State abbreviation/Postal code: Vt./VT Governor: Phillip Scott, R (to Jan. 2019 Lieut. Governor: David…

Virginia

Virginia State Facts Entered Union: June 25, 1788 (10th State) Present constitution adopted: 1970 Fun Facts State abbreviation/Postal code: Va. / VA Nicknames: The Old Dominion; Mother of…

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Girondists

(Encyclopedia) GirondistsGirondistsjĭrŏnˈdĭsts [key] or GirondinsGirondistszhērôNdăNˈ [key], political group of moderate republicans in the French Revolution, so called because the central members…

Gothic revival

(Encyclopedia) Gothic revival, term designating a return to the building styles of the Middle Ages. Although the Gothic revival was practiced throughout Europe, it attained its greatest importance in…