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International Prize for Arabic Fiction
(Encyclopedia)International Prize for Arabic Fiction: see Arabic literature. ...Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
(Encyclopedia)Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON or MEA), international organization active between 1956 and 1991 for the coordination of economic policy among certain nations then under Communist domi...church, building for Christian worship
(Encyclopedia)church [Gr. kuriakon=belonging to the Lord], in architecture, a building for Christian worship. The earliest churches date from the late 3d cent.; before then Christians, because of persecutions, wors...AM, abbreviation for amplitude modulation
(Encyclopedia)AM: see modulation; radio. ...European Organization for Nuclear Research
(Encyclopedia)European Organization for Nuclear Research: see CERN. ...New Jersey College for Women
(Encyclopedia)New Jersey College for Women: see Rutgers Univ. ...New School for Social Research
(Encyclopedia)New School for Social Research: see New School Univ. ...Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
(Encyclopedia)Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy: see infrared astronomy. ...CD, abbreviation for compact disc
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