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standard temperature and pressure

(Encyclopedia)standard temperature and pressure: see STP. ...

Solemn League and Covenant

(Encyclopedia)Solemn League and Covenant: see Covenanters. ...

youth-and-old-age

(Encyclopedia)youth-and-old-age: see zinnia.

Mason and Slidell Affair

(Encyclopedia)Mason and Slidell Affair: see Trent Affair. ...

Rhoden, Ausser and Inner

(Encyclopedia)Rhoden, Ausser and Inner: see Appenzell, Switzerland. ...

Central Provinces and Berar

(Encyclopedia)Central Provinces and Berar: see Madhya Pradesh. ...

Wages and Hours Act

(Encyclopedia)Wages and Hours Act: see Fair Labor Standards Act. ...

Franklin and Marshall College

(Encyclopedia)Franklin and Marshall College, at Lancaster, Pa.; United Church of Christ (Evangelical-Reformed); coeducational; est. 1787 as Franklin College, reorganized 1853 when it merged with Marshall College (c...

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Amman, Jordan and Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Established in 1949,...

Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Elizabeth II, 1926–2022, former queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952–2022), elder daughter and successor of George VI, and Britain's lo...