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  • 41Nootka Crisis — For other uses of the word Nootka, see Nootka. Location of Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island The Nootka Crisis was an international incident and political dispute between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Spain, triggered by a series …

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  • 42Egypt — /ee jipt/, n. 1. Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 64,791,891; 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Cap.: Cairo. Arabic, Misr. Formerly (1958 71), United Arab Republic. 2. an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta… …

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  • 43France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 44international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 45Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… …

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  • 46Julian — /joohl yeuhn/, n. 1. (Flavius Claudius Julianus) ( the Apostate ) A.D. 331 363, Roman emperor 361 363. 2. a male given name, form of Julius. /joohl yeuhn/, adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Julius Caesar. [1585 95; < L Julianus, equiv …

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  • 47Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has&#8230; …

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  • 48Burke, Edmund — born January 12?, 1729, Dublin, Ire. died July 9, 1797, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Eng. British parliamentarian, orator, and political philosopher. The son of a lawyer, he began legal studies but lost interest, became estranged from his&#8230; …

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  • 49Schuschnigg, Kurt von — born Dec. 14, 1897, Riva del Garda, Trento, Austria Hungary died Nov. 18, 1977, Mutters, near Innsbruck, Austria Austrian politician and chancellor (1934–38). Elected to the Austrian parliament in 1927, he served in the government of Engelbert&#8230; …

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  • 50presidency of the United States of America — ▪ United States government Introduction  chief executive office of the United States. In contrast to many countries with parliamentary forms of government, where the office of president, or head of state, is mainly ceremonial, in the United&#8230; …

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