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World War II
World War II 1939-45, worldwide conflict involving every major power in the world. The two sides were generally known as the Allies and the Axis . Causes and Outbreak This second global conflict resulted from the rise of totalitarian, militaristic regimes in Germany, Italy, and Japan, a ... Read more
Jean Monnet
Jean Monnet , 1888-1979, French economist and public official, proponent of European unity. In World War I, Monnet served on the Inter-Allied Maritime Commission, an international committee designed to secure war materials, foodstuffs, and shipping facilities for the Allies. He was later (1919-23) d... Read more
Corneille
Corneille (Cornelis van Beverloo) , 1922-, Belgian painter. Corneille was a member of CoBrA, the European group allied with abstract expressionism . His work is characterized by linear, weblike configurations that often form broken representational elements. ... Read more
microbiology
microbiology The study of micro-organisms and allied subjects.... Read more
David Rowland Francis
David Rowland Francis 1850-1927, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1896-97), b. Richmond, Ky. He established a large grain business in St. Louis, entered politics, and served (1885-89) as mayor in a reform administration and later (1889-93) as governor of Missouri. As a member of President Cleveland'... Read more
Alfred von Tirpitz
Alfred von Tirpitz , 1849-1930, German admiral. His influence on German naval policy began with his study of the recently invented torpedo and his consequent appointment (1871) as chief of the torpedo division of the navy ministry. Appointed secretary of state for naval affairs in 1897, he began to ... Read more
Dwight David Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower , 1890-1969, American general and 34th President of the United States, b. Denison, Tex.; his nickname was "Ike." Early Career When he was two years old, his family moved to Abilene, Kans., where he was reared. He entered (1911) West Point and graduated in 1915. ... Read more
Caesar
Caesar , ancient Roman patrician family of the Julian gens. There are separate articles on its two most distinguished members, Julius Caesar and Augustus . Another distinguished member of the family was Lucius Julius Caesar, d. 87 BC, consul (90 BC). He proposed a law extending Roman citizenshi... Read more
League
League or Holy League, in French history, organization of Roman Catholics, aimed at the suppression of Protestantism and Protestant political influence in France. It was foreshadowed as early as 1561 by the formation of the triumvirate of Anne, duc de Montmorency ; François, 2d duc de G... Read more
Alcibiades
Alcibiades , c.450-404 BC, Athenian statesman and general. Of the family of Alcmaeonidae, he was a ward of Pericles and was for many years a devoted attendant of Socrates. He turned to politics after the Peace of Nicias (421 BC), and during the Peloponnesian War he was the leader in agitating agai... Read more

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Lerma, Francisco G ó mez De Sandoval y Rojas, 1st Duke of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...member of a Valencian family with a long tradition...occasion for important political developments. The crisis...into a more active political role; and even the...aristocracy and the female members of the king's family: his wife, Margaret...One of his closest allies, Rodrigo Calder ... Read more
Christina (Sweden) (1626 – 1689; Ruled 1632 – 1654)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...extremes, and raised in the family of her aunt, Katarina. She...conflict was both personal and political. The constitutional balance...engaged in several Machiavellian political struggles, which included...twenty-five to nearly fifty members, and the nobility more than...security were being paid ... Read more
French and Indian War (1754 – 1763)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...the French and their Indian allies and to give them access to...were building in the area and political pressure in the British Cabinet...and killed several of its members, including Ensign Joseph Coulon...Americans who had been English allies. Most of the Ohio Indians...were the only Native ... Read more
Medici Family
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World MEDICI FAMILY MEDICI FAMILY. The dominant family in early modern Florence...unsuccessful 1478 conspiracy by members of the Pazzi and Salviati...1521), who reinstalled his family in Florence in 1512. The...Medici. In May 1527 the family suffered exile again. But...Cosimo lacked an ... Read more
Switzerland
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...subsidiary but autonomous allies, and various subject...all of Europe's major political and cultural movements...in some cantons, but political control mostly rested...city walls had limited political rights. Especially before...Empire, the Habsburg family of dynasts and emperors...acquired ... Read more
Pierre Gemayel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Lebanese Phalanges, a political and military force which...was a descendant of a family of local notables which...Lebanese — two members of each of the major political parties then, the Constitutional...became by 1942 a major political force, claiming 35,000 members among the ... Read more
Thaksin Shinawatra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...business executive and political leader, b. Chiang Mai. Born into a wealth merchant family, he went into the Thai...by charges of favoring family and friends with government...later, he was banned from political office for five years by...a government led by his political allies had ... Read more
Kamal Jumblatt
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Jumblatt considered his political career a diversion from...Jumblatt inherited from his family prestige, wealth, and...1977 he led an active political life in his own right...discreetly promote his political programs and reinforce...education to his mother's political closeness to ... Read more
Milosevic, Slobodan
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Yugoslav president and Serbian political leader Slobodan Milosevic...quiet and solitary, he was politically active and published several...Mirjana (Mira) Markovic, whose family ranked among the most prominent...Italy, and Japan] and the Allies [the United States, Britain...Stambolic who elevated ... Read more
Robert Marion La Follette
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , 1855-1925, American political leader, U.S. Senator from...Republican party. After a political conflict that led to his break...tendency to side with the Allies; he led the resistance to...the following summer. Other Family Members Robert La Follete's wife... Read more

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Hussein, ibn Ali
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Hussein, ibn Ali (1856–1931) Arab political leader. A member of the Hashemite family, he was sharif of Mecca and leader of the 1916...title of King of the Arab Countries, but the Allies only recognized him as King of the Hejaz territory... Read more

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Book says Bush aides duped religious allies.(News)(Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 10/31/2006; ; 514 words ; ...conservatives and duped them for political gain in the early stages of the...Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction, the contents of which...Kuo writes. He adds that top political officials in White House aide Karl...as James Dobson of Focus on the Family and Ted Haggard of the ... Read more
Marriage proposal: religious right, political allies launch crusade to alter constitution.
Magazine article from: Church & State; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...the goals of promoting marriage and addressing the crisis of family disintegration in the United States. In 2001, the group drafted...Though the Alliance was able to persuade a few conservative members of the House to introduce the proposed amendment in Congress... Read more
Party poopers? James Dobson, religious right allies threaten to dump GOP if presidential nominee fails 'family values' test.
Magazine article from: Church & State; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Focus on the Family Chairman James C. Dobson...of the coalition's members were deliberately seeking...Dobson of Focus on the Family, who is perhaps its...Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council; Richard...and dozens of other politically oriented conservative...Wildmon of the American ... Read more
IRAN: PISTACHIO GROWERS AND CAR IMPORTERS.(political corruption and the Hashemi family)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 7/1/2001; 631 words ; ...there have been numerous complaints is the large Hashemi family from Kerman Province. They are wealthy from pistachio-farmi...government. Recent allegations of corruption link the Hashemi family with a pistachio cooperative and with dubious vehicle...argued that the profits would really benefit the Hashemi ... Read more
Dobson Seeks Allies Among Southern Baptists And Roman Catholics.
Magazine article from: Church & State; 7/1/1998; 593 words ; Focus on the Family President James C...efforts to draft new allies in his increasingly high profile religio-political crusade. Dobson, a...dramatically increased his political activity recently...Lake City. He urged members of that denomination...to become even more political. ... Read more
Split poses dilemma for labor's allies: religious activists urge reconciliation, focus on workplace rights.
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 8/12/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...couple, American labor's allies face a dilemma. Openly...SEIU) and two of its allies in the Change to Win...in the civil rights, political, and religious communities...both sides of the labor family fight. On one level...budget recruiting new members. The result of that...000 increase in ... Read more
Report lists conservative Catholic groups, allies. ('A New Rite: Conservative Catholics and Their Allies')
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 4/15/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Catholics and Their Allies, that seems to have...Catholic groups and their allies, particularly in the...own entry into the political sphere. Other rightist...groups and a half-dozen allies opens with the 1991-found...conservative Republican members of Congress, Robert...Committee, bridges ... Read more
ARGENTINA: POLITICAL TRIAL REMOVES MAYOR OF BUENOS AIRES FROM OFFICE.(Anibal Ibarra)
Newspaper article from: NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs; 3/17/2006; 700+ words ; ...conduct a political trial, voted...orchestrated by his political enemies...majority of family members of the deceased...opponents gave it political momentum...Kirchner and his allies, criticized...plurality of the political rainbow that...hundreds of family ... Read more
Promises we don't want kept. (fundamentalist Christian political group Promise Keepers)(Watch on the Right)(Column)
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...fundamentalist Christian political groups active in the United...Dobson of Focus on the Family to Florida televangelist...Dobson's Focus on the Family. An essay by evangelist...I gave up leading this family, and I forced you to take...emphasis on the petriarchal family, Brown insists, must ... Read more
Motives or just money? A look at the people behind the political newcomers.
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 11/2/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...and a conducive political climate on her...flowed in from politically active individuals...Washington and from political action committees...around the state. Members of the Stephens family are among those...along with other members of the Tyson...line with the family's usual ... Read more