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Joao Pessoa
João Pessoa , city (1991 pop. 497,600), capital of Paraíba state, NE Brazil, at the confluence of the Sanhauá and Paraíba do Norte rivers. Cotton, sugar, and minerals are exported through its port, Cabedelo. Industries in the city produce chemicals, plastics, metals, and... Read more |
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Baath party
Ba'ath party , Arab political party, in Syria and in Iraq. Its main ideological objectives are secularism, socialism, and pan-Arab unionism. Founded in Damascus in 1941 and reformed, with the name Ba'ath, in the early 1950s, it rapidly achieved political power in Syria. In 1958—with one of... Read more |
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Immunization Programs
IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS In the 1950s, medical breakthroughs resulted in new vaccines to combat such diseases as polio and measles. States responded by requiring mandatory immunization for schoolchildren. One result was the near eradication of diseases that had previously been crippling or fatal. A... Read more |
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Marilyn French
French, Marilyn (1929–), New York City‐born author, received a B.A. from Hofstra and a Ph.D. from Harvard, leading to her first book, The Book as World—James Joyce's “Ulysses” (1976). A later scholarly study is Beyond Power (1985), on the treatment of women for... Read more |
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Leonaert Bramer
Bramer, Leonaert (b Delft, 24 Dec. 1596; bur. Delft, 10 Feb. 1674). Dutch genre and history painter. He worked mainly in Delft, but he travelled widely in Italy and France, 1614–28, and drew on a variety of influences for his most characteristic paintings—small nocturnal scenes with... Read more |
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton , 1947-, American lawyer and political figure, wife of U.S. President Bill Clinton , b. Chicago, grad. Wellesley College (B.A. 1969), Yale Law School (L.L.B., 1973). After law school she served on the House panel that investigated the Watergate affair . She was in private... Read more |
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Consultation on Church Union
CONSULTATION ON CHURCH UNION Merger Proposal On 4 December 1960, on the eve of the triennial convention of the National Council of Churches of Christ in America, Eugene Carson Blake, the stated clerk (chief executive officer) of the United Presbyterian Church (Northern), gave... Read more |
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