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Council of the European Union

(Encyclopedia)Council of the European Union, institution of the European Union (EU) that has the final vote on legislation proposed by the European Commission and approved by the European Parliament; in some cases ...

Community of Christ

(Encyclopedia)Community of Christ, formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, religious group that regards itself as the successor of the church founded by Joseph Smith. They organized in...

New Economic Policy

(Encyclopedia)New Economic Policy (NEP), official economic reconstruction program of the USSR from 1921 to 1928. It replaced the economic policies of “war Communism” (1918–21), an emergency program establishe...

Economic Cooperation Administration

(Encyclopedia)Economic Cooperation Administration: see Marshall Plan. ...

Cranbrook Educational Community

(Encyclopedia)Cranbrook Educational Community, at Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; est. and endowed by George G. and Ellen Scripps Booth in 1927. It includes the Cranbrook Academy of Art, with graduate programs in fine art...

Caribbean Community and Common Market

(Encyclopedia)Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), organization founded by the Treaty of Chaguaramas (Trinidad; 1973, revised 2001) and including Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica...

European Currency Unit

(Encyclopedia)European Currency Unit: see European Monetary System. ...

European Payments Union

(Encyclopedia)European Payments Union: see European Monetary Agreement. ...

European Astronaut Center

(Encyclopedia)European Astronaut Center (EAC): see European Space Agency. ...

European Central Bank

(Encyclopedia)European Central Bank: see under European Monetary System. ...