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Peace

(Encyclopedia)Peace, river, 945 mi (1,521 km) long, formed by the junction of the Finlay and Parsnip rivers at Williston Lake, N central British Columbia, Canada. It flows east through the Rocky Mts., then generall...

peace congresses

(Encyclopedia)peace congresses, multinational meetings to achieve or preserve peace and to prevent wars. Although philosophical and religious pacifism is almost as old as war itself, organized efforts to outlaw war...

Peace Corps

(Encyclopedia)Peace Corps, agency of the U.S. government, whose purpose is to assist underdeveloped countries in meeting their needs for trained manpower. The Peace Corps was established in 1961 by executive order ...

peace pipe

(Encyclopedia)peace pipe: see calumet.

Ladies' Peace

(Encyclopedia)Ladies' Peace: see Cambrai, Treaty of. ...

Augsburg, Peace of

(Encyclopedia)Augsburg, Peace of, 1555, temporary settlement within the Holy Roman Empire of the religious conflict arising from the Reformation. Each prince was to determine whether Lutheranism or Roman Catholicis...

calumet, peace pipe

(Encyclopedia)calumet [Fr.,=reed], name given by the French to the peace pipe used by the indigenous people of North America for smoking tobacco; it consisted of a long, feathered stem, with or without a pipe bowl....

Antalcidas, Peace of

(Encyclopedia)Antalcidas, Peace of: see Corinthian War. ...

Paris Peace Conference

(Encyclopedia)Paris Peace Conference, 1919: see Versailles, Treaty of. ...

Partnership for Peace

(Encyclopedia)Partnership for Peace: see under North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ...