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Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab
Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab Among the least understood of the thinkers and leaders who have shaped the modern world is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1702–c. 1791), the founder of the fundamentalist branch of Islamic thought and practice known as Wahhabism. Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's life... Read more |
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guerrilla warfare
guerrilla warfare [Span.,=little war], fighting by groups of irregular troops (guerrillas) within areas occupied by the enemy. When guerrillas obey the laws of conventional warfare they are entitled, if captured, to be treated as ordinary prisoners of war; however, they are often executed by their... Read more |
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Don Budge
Don Budge (John Donald Budge), 1915-2000, American tennis player, b. Oakland, Calif. A powerful, consistent player, Budge was the first person to capture the sport's grand slam, winning the Australian, French, British, and U.S. singles championships in 1938. He was 19-2 in Davis Cup singles... Read more |
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Liberal Imperialists
Liberal Imperialists were a faction of the Liberal Party around 1900, who disagreed with their leaders' lukewarm line over the Boer War. Their leaders were Rosebery, Grey, and Haldane. At one time they threatened to secede formally, but did not, partly because of Rosebery's dithering. That was... Read more |
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Robert Runcie
Runcie, Robert (1921–2000). Archbishop of Canterbury. After war service as a tank commander, winning the MC, Runcie graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford. He was successively principal of Cuddesdon Theological College (1960), bishop of St Albans (1970), and archbishop (1980). A liberal... Read more |
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Bayeux
Bayeux , town (1990 pop. 15,106), Calvados dept., N France, in Normandy, near the English Channel. It is a farm and communications center, noted for its lace industry. A Roman town and episcopal see from the 4th cent., it was burned (1105) by Henry I of England. Sections of its Romanesque church... Read more |
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Ferdinand VII
Ferdinand VII 1784-1833, king of Spain (1808-33), son of Charles IV and María Luisa . Excluded from a role in the government, he became the center of intrigues against the chief minister Godoy and attempted to win the support of Napoleon I. In 1807 he was arrested by his father, who... Read more |
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Declaration of war
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Falklands War
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2,000 Demonstrate at Iraqi Bombing Site
...43, a veteran war correspondent...leftist daily Liberation, and her Iraqi...Julia to help win her release...19 years with Liberation. French Foreign...Barnier said. Liberation asked television...Baathism and Wahhabism!" ... |
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Seeing Clearly; The use of head covers among women has always been driven by...
...veil becomes the symbol of liberation par excellence." The...form of Islam known as Wahhabism, based on a literal interpretation...Still, women couldn't win; the French looked down...During the Algerian war of independence from 1954... |