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Formosa
Formosa. So-called by the Portuguese who visited it in 1590 (Port. formosa, beautiful), this island off the China coast, with a five-million population, had been ceded to Japan by China in 1895. At the start of the China incident the Japanese launched attacks against the Chinese mainland from it,... Read more |
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Tromso
Tromsø , city (1995 pop. 55,577), capital of Troms co., NW Norway, on the island of Tromsøy; chartered 1794. The chief city of arctic Norway, it has large herring fisheries and is a base for shipping and seal hunting. Manufactures include ships and rope. It is also a starting point for... Read more |
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Trent case
Trent case, 1861. In November 1861, soon after the start of the American Civil War, a Federal warship, the San Jacinto, stopped the British packet Trent and took off two Confederate envoys, Mason and Slidell. Palmerston suspended export of arms to the North and sent reinforcements to Canada. War... Read more |
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Stone Age
stone age Used to describe the period starting with the invention of the first computer (1949) up to the mid-1950s.... Read more |
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terrier
terrier classification used by breeders and kennel clubs to designate dogs originally bred to start small game and vermin from their burrows or, in the case of several breeds in this group, to go to earth and kill their prey. Today these dogs are raised chiefly as pets. The following breeds are... Read more |
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Everclear
Everclear Rock group For the Record… Alexalds Got a Start with A&R Executive Group Signed Deal with Geffen Records So Much for the Afterglow Selected discography Sources Everclear’s Art Alexakis was quoted in Spin as saying, “When I try to get complex in my... Read more |
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Ledo Road
Ledo Road, 770 km. (478 mi.) long India–China supply road and oil pipeline built through the mountainous area of northern Burma. It ran from Ledo (situated in India near the northern border with Burma) to Myitkyina in northern Burma, then Bhamo, and finally to Muse where it... Read more |
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Lagos (Portugal)
Lagos , city (1991 pop. 12,956), Faro dist., S Portugal, in Algarve, on the Atlantic Ocean. The excellent harbor shelters much coastwise trade and an important sardine and tuna fishing fleet. Sancho I with the help of bands of Crusaders captured (1189) the city from the Moors; in 1191 it was... Read more |
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Ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative Colitis Definition Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes swelling, ulcerations, and loss of function of the large intestine. Description The primary problem in IBD is inflammation, as the name suggests. Inflammation is a process that often occurs... Read more |
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