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Congress of Industrial Organizations

(Encyclopedia)Congress of Industrial Organizations: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. ...

industrial policy

(Encyclopedia)industrial policy, government-sponsored economic program in which the public and private sectors coordinate their efforts to develop new technologies and industries. Government provides the financial ...

industrial alcohol

(Encyclopedia)industrial alcohol: see ethanol.

industrial engineering

(Encyclopedia)industrial engineering: see engineering. ...

Mellon Institute of Industrial Research

(Encyclopedia)Mellon Institute of Industrial Research: see Carnegie Mellon Univ. ...

Jurong Industrial Estate

(Encyclopedia)Jurong Industrial Estate: see Singapore. ...

Committee for Industrial Organization

(Encyclopedia)Committee for Industrial Organization: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. ...

Leopold II, king of the Belgians

(Encyclopedia)Leopold II, 1835–1909, king of the Belgians (1865–1909), son and successor of Leopold I. His reign saw great industrial and colonial expansion. In 1876 he organized, with the help of H. M. Stanley...

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), specialized agency of the United Nations. Headquartered in Vienna, it was organized in 1966 and made a specialized UN agency in 1985. UNIDO'...

Philippines, University of the

(Encyclopedia)Philippines, University of the, main campus at Quezon City, the Philippines; English language; founded 1908. Among its many schools and colleges are those of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, veterina...