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Ciampi, Carlo Azeglio

(Encyclopedia)Ciampi, Carlo Azeglio, 1920–2016, Italian banker and political leader, b. Livorno, grad. Scuola Normale Superiore de Pisa (1941), Univ. of Pisa (1946). He joined the Bank of Italy (1946) and worked ...

Mwinyi, Ali Hassan

(Encyclopedia)Mwinyi, Ali Hassan, 1925–, Tanzanian political leader. Entering politics in 1963, Mwinyi held government positions in Zanzibar, then several Tanzanian government posts (1970–84), before he was ele...

Klein, Lawrence Robert

(Encyclopedia)Klein, Lawrence Robert, 1920–2013, American economist, b. Omaha, Nebr., Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944. He was active in academia, government, and private research institutes throu...

Bangladesh

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Bangladesh bäng-lädĕshˈ, băng– [key] [Bengali,=Bengal nation], officially People's Republic of ...

Mohawk, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Mohawk: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...

Arkansas, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Arkansas, Native North Americans: see Quapaw. ...

Santee, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Santee: see Sioux.

Teton , indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Teton: see Sioux.

Seneca, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Seneca, Native North Americans: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...

Chippewa, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Chippewa: see Ojibwa.