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Jonas Savimbi
Jonas Savimbi , 1934-2002, Angolan rebel leader. He was a founding member of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) in 1966. Savimbi was included in the interim independent government with Neto and Roberto in 1974 but returned to armed opposition when Neto's Marxist... Read more |
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Jose Eduardo dos Santos
José Eduardo dos Santos , 1942-, president of Angola (1979-). Educated in the USSR as an engineer, he was foreign minister in the first government of independent Angola, succeeding Neto as president in 1979. In 1991, he abandoned Marxism and negotiated an end to the civil war with the... Read more |
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Huambo
Huambo , formerly Nova Lisboa , city (1983 est. pop. 203,000), W central Angola. The chief town of inland Angola, Huambo stands on a high plateau and serves as a road, rail, and air transport hub and as a commercial and shipping center for a rich agricultural region. Huambo exports grain, rice,... Read more |
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Jonas
Jonas , Greek form of Hebrew Jonah . St. Peter's father is called Jonas and Jona (KJV) and John (RSV).... Read more |
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Alice Walker
Alice Walker 1944-, African-American novelist and poet, b. Eatonon, Ga. The daughter of sharecroppers, she studied at Spelman College (1961-63) and Sarah Lawrence College (B.A., 1965). She brings her travel experience in Africa and memories of the American civil-rights movement to an examination... Read more |
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Justus Jonas
Justus Jonas , 1493-1555, German Protestant reformer. In 1521, Jonas, then a professor at the Univ. of Erfurt, accompanied Martin Luther to the Diet of Worms. During their intimate friendship Jonas assisted Luther with the translation of the Bible. He also translated the Latin works of Luther and... Read more |
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Anders Jonas Angstrom
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Statistical Analysis
Statistical Analysis You may have heard the saying "You can prove anything with statistics," which implies that statistical analysis cannot to be trusted, that the conclusions that can be drawn from it are so vague and ambiguous that they are meaningless. Yet the opposite... Read more |
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Hushai
Hushai Described as David's ‘friend’ (2 Sam. 15: 37), i.e. a court official, Hushai was instrumental in enabling David to defeat the rebellion of his son Absalom. When David fled from Jerusalem into the wilderness, Hushai at personal risk remained in the city, infiltrated the... Read more |
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ANGOLA WORKS TO MAINTAIN POOR IMAGE.(Perspective)
...right-wing insurgents trying to...headed by Jonas Savimbi and backed...countered by joint Angolan, Cuban and...held the Angolan government...West, the Angolan government...carries. Where Savimbi is at ... |
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US, foreign banks back exploration for oil in Angola: deal is first American...
...extended to the Angolan state oil company...the northern Angolan enclave of Cabinda...official of Bankers Trust, which led...threat to the Angolan government from...commandos and insurgents within the country...insurgents ... |