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Amarna

(Encyclopedia)Amarna: see Tell el Amarna.

Sábato, Ernesto

(Encyclopedia)Sábato, Ernesto ārnāsˈtō säˈbätō [key], 1911–2011, Argentinean novelist and literary critic, b. Rojas. He received his doctorate in physics (1937) and taught until removed for anti-Peronist...

Romero, Saint Óscar

(Encyclopedia)Romero, Saint Óscar (Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez), 1917–80, Salvadoran bishop and human rights advocate. He studied at the Gregorian Univ. in Rome and was ordained in 1942. Returning to El Sa...

Central American Common Market

(Encyclopedia)Central American Common Market (CACM), trade organization envisioned by a 1960 treaty between Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. The treaty established (1961) a secretariat for Central A...

Mission Trail

(Encyclopedia)Mission Trail: see Camino Real, El. ...

Alcazarquivir

(Encyclopedia)Alcazarquivir: see Ksar el Kebir, Morocco. ...

Alamayn, Al

(Encyclopedia)Alamayn, Al, Egypt: see Alamein, El. ...

Al-Jadida

(Encyclopedia)Al-Jadida: see El Jadida, Morocco. ...

Fayyum, Al

(Encyclopedia)Fayyum, Al: see Faiyum, El, Egypt. ...

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