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Asyut
Asyut , city (1986 pop. 272,986), E central Egypt, on the Nile. An industrial and trading center and also the seat of a university, it is famed for pottery, carved bone and wood, leatherwork, and silk shawls. Nearby is the Asyut Barrage, which helps regulate the Nile's flow and impounds water for ir... Read more
Vigo
Vigo , city (1990 pop. 279,986), Pontevedra prov., NW Spain, in Galicia, on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. A naval base and one of the most active ports of Spain, it has the country's most important fishing fleet. It also has shipyards, canneries, petroleum and sugar refineries, and various light i... Read more
Sweyn
Sweyn , c.960-1014, king of Denmark (986-1014), son of Harold Bluetooth. Although baptized, he reverted to paganism and rebelled against his father, who was killed in battle. Sweyn was expelled shortly after his accession by the Swedish king Eric the Victorious, but his subsequent marriage to Eric's... Read more
Atlantic City
Atlantic City city (1990 pop. 37,986), Atlantic co., SE N.J., an Atlantic resort and convention center; settled c.1790, inc. 1854. Situated on Absecon Island, a barrier island 10 mi (16.1 km) long, Atlantic City was a fishing village until the construction in 1854 of a railroad that made it a fashi... Read more
Eric the Red
Eric the Red fl. 10th cent., Norse chieftain, discoverer and colonizer of Greenland. He left (c.950) Norway with his exiled father and settled in Iceland. A feud resulting in manslaughter led to his banishment (c.981) from Iceland for three years. He sailed c.982 to seek land reputed to lie W of Ic... Read more
Rhodes
Rhodes or Ródhos , island (1990 est. pop. 90,000), c.540 sq mi (1,400 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; largest of the Dodecanese , near Turkey. Land and Economy The island has fertile coastal strips where wheat, tobacco, cotton, olives, wine grapes, oranges, and vegetables... Read more
Uranus
Uranus , in astronomy, 7th planet from the sun, at a mean distance of 1.78 billion mi (2.87 billion km), with an orbit lying between those of Saturn and Neptune; its period of revolution is slightly more than 84 years. The first planet discovered in modern times with the aid of a telescope, Uranus w... Read more
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean the smallest ocean, c.5,400,000 sq mi (13,986,000 sq km), located entirely within the Arctic Circle and occupying the region around the North Pole. Oceanography and Environment Nearly landlocked, the Arctic Ocean is bordered by Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Russia, and Norway. T... Read more
North America
North America third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. North America includes all of the mainland and related offshore islands lying N of the Isthmus of Panama (which connects it with So... Read more
Denmark
Denmark , Dan. Danmark, officially Kingdom of Denmark, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 5,432,000), 16,629 sq mi (43,069 sq km), N Europe. It borders on Germany in the south, the North Sea in the west, the Skagerrak in the north, and the Kattegat and the Øresund in the east. Copenhagen is Denmark'... Read more

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Sanctions, Iraqi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...reduced by the provisions of UN Resolutions 986 (14 April 1995; accepted by Iraq in January...to sell first $2 billion (Resolution 986) and then $3.55 billion (Resolution...when it reluctantly accepted Resolution 986), but could not obtain, was the comprehensive...
Togo
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...925 square miles) Highest point on mainland: Mount Agou (986 meters/3,235 feet) Lowest point on land: Sea level Hemispheres...the southern edge of these mountains, rising to a height of 986 meters (3,235 feet). 11 CANYONS AND CAVES Togo has no significant...
Schilder's Disease
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders ...Multiple Sclerosis Society. 733 Third Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10017-3288. 212-986-3240 or 800-344-4867 (FIGHTMS); Fax: 212-986-7981. nat@nmss.org. . Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt, MD
arsenic
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...black arsenic, and a yellow nonmetallic form. Properties: at.no. 33; r.a.m. 74.9216; r.d. 5.7; m.p. 986°C (1806°F); sublimes 613°C (1135°F); most common isotope As 75 (100%).
New Haven: Population Profile
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...12,564 Population 55 to 59 years old: 4,539 Population 60 to 64 years old: 3,561 Population 65 to 74 years old: 5,986 Population 75 to 84 years old: 4,701 Population 85 years and over: 1,984 Median age: 29.3 years (2000) Births (2001...
Atlantic City
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...1783 (incorporated, 1854) Head Official: Mayor Lorenzo Langford (since 2001) City Population 1980: 40,199 1990: 37,986 2000: 40,517 2003 estimate: 40,385 Percent change, 1990 – 2000: 6.7% U.S. rank in 1980: 547th U.S...
Harrisburg
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...473rd U.S. rank in 2000: Not reported (State rank: 17th) Metropolitan Area Population 1980: 556,000 1990: 587,986 2000: 629,401 Percent change, 1990 – 2000: 7% U.S. rank in 1980: 62nd U.S. rank in 1990: 67th U.S...
Greenland
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...in 982 c.e. and spent the next three years farming a plot of land along the southern coastline. He returned to Iceland in 986, intent on encouraging others to settle the rugged island. With this in mind, he referred to the island as Greenland, reasoning...
Portugal
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...cultural identity and no ethnolinguistic groups. Location and Geography. Continental Portugal at 35,516 square miles (91,986 square kilometers) occupies approximately a sixth of the Iberian peninsula. Since the majority of the population was rural...
United Kingdom
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...area of Great Britain is 89,000 square miles (230,500 square kilometers), with an additional 5,400 square miles (13,986 square kilometers) in Northern Ireland, giving it one of the highest population densities in the Western world. Although the...

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Vinland
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...x2013; 800) to Iceland (a.d. 870) and Greenland (a.d. 985 – 986). The first sighting is attributed to the Icelander Bjarni Herjulfsson about 986 and the first landing a few years later to Leif Eriksson (called Leif the Lucky...
kilobar
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology kilobar( kb ) A unit of pressure, equal to 1000 bars (986.923 atmospheres, 10 8 N/m 2 , or 10 8 Pa).
Eric the Red
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Eric the Red ( c. 940– c. 1010) Norse explorer. Exiled from Iceland for manslaughter in 982, he sailed in search of land to the west, exploring Greenland and establishing a Norse settlement there in 986.
Koryo
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Koryo A Korean kingdom that gave its name to the whole country. From 986 its kings ruled a united Korea from their Chinese-style capital, Kaesong. Chinese influence was strong in the administration...
Ishiwara, Jun
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...kleinsten Wirkung in der Elektrodynamik bewegter ponderabler K ö rper, in Annalen der Physik , 6th ser., 42 (1913), 986-1000; “ Zur relativistischen Theorie der Gravitation, ” in Science Reports of Tohoku Imperial University...
Le Bel, Joseph Achille
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x117; pine listed above, there are short obituaries by W. J. Pope in Journal of the Chemical Society (1930), 2789-2791; and bt E. Wedekind in Zeitchrift f ü r angewandte Chemie, 43 (1930). 985-986. Henry M. Leicester
Menelaus of Alexandria
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...From references by the Arabic writers al-Batt ā n ī (d. 929), al-S ̣ ū fi (d. 986), and H ̣ ajj ī -Khal ī fa it has been deduced that Menelaus composed a catalog of the fixed stars...
fine
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x220E;  (of gold or silver) containing a specified high proportion of pure metal: the coin is struck in .986 fine gold. 2. (of a thread, filament, or person's hair) thin: I have always had fine and dry hair. ∎...
Journey
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...picturesque. [Br. Lit.: Doctor Syntax ] Time Machine, The adventures of a man who travels through time. [Br. Lit.: Magill I, 986 – 988] Wilderness Road pioneer route from eastern Virginia to Kentucky. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 924]
Olszewski, Karol Stanislaw
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x2013; 201; “ Ein Beitrag zur Bestimmung des kritischen Punktes des Wasserstoffs, ” ibid. , 17 (1905), 986 – 993; “ Weitere Versuche, das Helium zu verfl ü ssigen, ” ibid. , 994 –...

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Security Council extends provisions of Resolution 986 authorizing import of Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products; Unanimously adopts Resolution 1360 (2001) calling for continued priority allocation of sales proceeds to nutrition and health sectors.
M2 Presswire; 7/4/2001; 700+ words ; ...Council extends provisions of Resolution 986 authorizing import of Iraqi petroleum and...decided to extend provisions of resolution 986 (1995) for a new period of 150 days...referred to in paragraph 8 (b) of resolution 986 (1995) [the purposes of complementing...
XenoPort to Invest in 986 with Funds from Offering.
Magazine article from: BIOWORLD Today; 7/9/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...its other programs remain unpartnered: 986, a prodrug of baclofen for acid reflux...the funds was "to expand investment in 986," XenoPort CEO Ronald W. Barrett, told...the company reported positive results for 986 in a Phase II study of patients with spasticity...
XenoPort to invest in 986 with funds from offering.(Thursday, July 9)
Newspaper article from: BioWorld Week; 7/13/2009; 700+ words ; ...its other programs remain unpartnered: 986, a prodrug of baclofen for acid reflux...the funds was "to expand investment in 986," the company said. Last week, it reported positive results for 986 in a Phase II study of patients with spasticity...
FEI Announces First Vectra(TM) 986+ Orders in Japan and Europe.
PR Newswire; 1/23/2003; 700+ words ; ...ion beam circuit edit system, the Vectra(TM) 986+. The systems are the first Vectra 986+ systems to be ordered in Japan and Europe. One...in the current quarter. In Japan, the Vectra 986+ will be utilized for editing advanced integrated...
Iraq Reiterates Rejection of UN Resolution 986
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 11/9/1995; 495 words ; ...rejection of U.N. Security Council Resolution 986 adopted in April this year which allowed...that the problem with U.N. resolution 986 lies in the persistence by some well-known...suggested that Iraq implement resolution 986 for six months and then evaluate the experiment...
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Shanghai gold Au99.95 up 0.986%, Au99.99 up 0.617% and platinum 1.395% higher.
Newspaper article from: China Business News; 4/26/2006; 521 words ; Shanghai gold Au99.95 up 0.986%, Au99.99 up 0.617% and platinum...USD 20.36) per gram on Wednesday, 0.986% higher. Au99.99 ended at RMB 163...A 0 0 0 0 0 5) Au99. 163 162.85 0.986 163.5 162.3 162.85 1,976 321,809...
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