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Kigali
Kigali , city (1997 pop. 330,000), central Rwanda, capital of Rwanda. It is the country's main administrative and economic center. The city has an international airport and road access to all of the country's borders. Iron ore (cassiterite) is mined nearby, and the city built a smelting plant in the... Read more
Bujumbura
Bujumbura , city (1994 est. pop. 300,000), capital of Burundi and of Bujumbura prov., W Burundi, a port on Lake Tanganyika. Formerly known as Usumbura, it is Burundi's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. Manufactures include food products, cement and other build... Read more
history painting
history painting the painting of scenes from classical and Christian history and mythology. It was taught in the academies of art , from the Renaissance to the 19th cent., as the highest form of art in an hierarchical grouping that ranked still-life painting lowest on the list. Included in the cat... Read more
Milwaukee
Milwaukee , city (1990 pop. 628,088), seat of Milwaukee co., SE Wis., at the point where the Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers enter Lake Michigan; inc. 1846. The largest city in the state, it is a port of entry, shipping heavy cargo from the entire Midwest to world ports via the St. Law... Read more
Juan Vicente Gómez
Juan Vicente Gómez , 1857-1935, caudillo of Venezuela (1908-35). Of indigenous and white parentage, Gómez was born on a ranch in the Western Andes and grew up a nearly illiterate cattle herder. He catapulted into the national scene in 1899 when he led his guerrilla henchmen in support ... Read more
Vlissingen
Vlissingen or Flushing , city (1994 pop. 44,211), Zeeland prov., SW Netherlands, on the southern coast of the former island of Walcheren . Its manufactures include shipbuilding, chemicals, and gears. Dairying, cattle, sugar beets, vegetables, grain, and fishing are also important. The city has ... Read more
Henry Charles Carey
Henry Charles Carey 1793-1879, American economist, b. Philadelphia; son of Mathew Carey . In 1835 he retired from publishing, where he had done notable work, to devote himself to economics. His Principles of Political Economy (3 vol., 1837-40) and Principles of Social Science (3 vol., 1858-59)... Read more
Europe
Europe , 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). It is actually a vast peninsula of the great Eurasian land mass. By convention, it is separated from Asia by the Urals and the Ural River in the east; by the Caspian Sea and ... Read more
economics
economics study of how human beings allocate scarce resources to produce various commodities and how those commodities are distributed for consumption among the people in society (see distribution ). The essence of economics lies in the fact that resources are scarce, or at least limited, and that... Read more
Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip gäz´e , (2003 est. pop. 1,330,000) rectangular coastal area, c.140 sq mi (370 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea adjoining Egypt and Israel, in what was formerly SW Palestine, now officially administered by the Palestinian Authority . People and Economy The G... Read more

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Aymara
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...a tightly controlled economic and political system...language of the Incas dominated. But the Aymara, as...1952, which led to economic and social reforms such...continuing stormy political scene has, however, resulted...Bolivia: the hacienda-dominated community (inhabited...
Gaza Strip
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Gaza Strip, creating a dire economic crisis and greater unemployment...attacks. The area also was the scene of fighting between PLO-dominated Palestinian Authority forces...nonetheless continued to be the scene of intra-Palestinian conflict...
Ecuador
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...the 20th century, the army dominated the political scene. In the Treaty of Rio (1942...María Velasco Ibarro dominated politics in the post-1945...faced with student riots and economic recession, Velasco established...
Erté
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...fashion. Three imperial theaters dominated, where young Romain could...Romain designed costumes for a scene called "La Mus é e...music hall — was the scene of the next unfolding of Ert é 's talent. In the economic boom times of the 1920s, the...
Harding, Warren G.
Encyclopedia entry from: Presidents: A Reference History ...praise and admiration, has conjured up scenes of smoke-filled rooms, evil machinations...Harding believed was essential for both economic and political success. Rise in Ohio...B. Foraker, and Boss George B. Cox dominated the Republican party in the Buckeye State...
Religious Drama in America
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...theatre was long a part of the American scene, much the same as the separation of church...commercial religious drama, the political and economic preoccupations of the 1930s proved equally...since the theatre and other arts were dominated by the often‐irreligious left...
Milwaukee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and beer; Milwaukee once dominated the country's beer-brewing...stimulating the city's political, economic, and social growth. The Knights...the 1960s, Milwaukee was the scene of racial disorder and black...aided principally by the economic efforts of major Milwaukee...
Juan Vicente Gómez
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...herder. He catapulted into the national scene in 1899 when he led his guerrilla henchmen...shrewdness and industry brought his country economic stability. Even before the oil development...henchmen, filled civil positions; he dominated them as he did other men by savage force...
Berlin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Berlin, however, saw a period of relative economic decline, though it became the undisputed...Germany) and an important city in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. Disparities between E...Socialist government, Berlin was the scene of the abortive uprising of the Communist...
Bourgeoisie
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...professionals, financiers, and officials) who dominated much of the early modern urban landscape. They enter the European scene in the Middle Ages — the tradesmen...of Old Regime France in search of an economic and political bourgeoisie that would...

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Bosnia-Herzegovina
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Bosnia-Herzegovina has suffered severe economic disruption from the civil war (1992...puppet state of Croatia, and were the scene of much fighting by the Yugoslav partisans...themselves independent of the Muslim-dominated government and all three groups began...
San Antonio
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...known as the Alamo, became the scene of the most celebrated battle...urban services. The economy is dominated by the service sector, with...intertwined with debates over economic development. The Hispanic...water supply in a period of economic development and rapid population...
Larson, Jonathan
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...fans had hoped. By the early 2000s, the Broadway scene was still dominated by revivals and Hollywood adaptations, with little...x2014; and helped spur Broadway to a period of economic growth in the late 1990s. SELECTIVE DISCOGRAPHY...
Mexico, Gulf of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...played a central role in North America's economic and political development. The Gulf of...rivalries between Spain, France, and England dominated the region in the eighteenth century...winner, the United States, entered the scene in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase...

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Americas: Brazil - A Landscape Of Heady Days And Competition - The Outcome Of The Tussle For ABN AMRO Will Have A Decisive Effect On The Brazilian Banking Scene, Which Is Currently Dominated By Domestic Players. John Rumsey Reports.
Magazine article from: The Banker; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...of domestic banks dominate the national scene, the slowly unfolding takeover of ABN...domination Nationally, Brazil remains heavily dominated by local banks and consolidation has been...paucity of delinquency information, the economic volatility of the past, and the low size...
Three Topics Have Dominated the UK Bookselling Scene in 2006: The Bid by Waterstone's Owner, HMV PLC, To Buy Ottakar's Which Proved Successful; And the Growth of Supermarket Sales and Online Sales.
M2 Presswire; 5/2/2007; 700+ words ; ...Three Topics Have Dominated the UK Bookselling Scene in 2006: The Bid...Three topics have dominated the bookselling scene...SECTORS MARKET TRENDS ECONOMIC TRENDS MARKET POSITION...Market 9. Forecasts ECONOMIC FORECASTS 10. Company...
Research and Markets: Three Topics Have Dominated the UK Bookselling Scene in 2006: The Bid by Waterstone's Owner, HMV PLC, To Buy Ottakar's Which Proved Successful; And the Growth of Supermarket Sales and Online Sales.
Business Wire; 5/2/2007; 700+ words ; ...influential. Three topics have dominated the bookselling scene in 2006: the bid by Waterstone...MARKET SECTORS MARKET TRENDS ECONOMIC TRENDS MARKET POSITION 2. Market...Global Market 9. Forecasts ECONOMIC FORECASTS 10. Company Profiles...
A year dominated by natural disasters, an election and sporting success
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/31/2005; 700+ words ; ...When the year began the headlines were dominated by the massive death toll from the Indian...the humanitarian response. This set the scene for 12 months in which the ravages of...have continued to benefit from healthy economic growth. High levels of credit-card...
Serbian PM promises to boost development of Albanian-dominated southern region
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/12/2006; 342 words ; ...ethnic Albanian-dominated southern region that was the scene of clashes in 2001...run Kosovo, that economic development of ethnically...government priority is the economic development of all...as improvement of economic conditions in the...
Our views: ; The public should hear the arguments; Insider-dominated judicial selection would disempower West Virginians
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 10/12/2009; ; 684 words ; ...lobbying went on behind the scenes. Voters have had no clue as...philosophical, political and economic stakes involved in the outcome...this process. An insider-dominated judicial selection process...philosophical, political and economic interests would still vie for...
Golden Jubilee Special 1980's: From the Iron Lady to the People's Princess; The 1980s were dominated by two powerful women - Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher - but for very different reasons, says Chief Feature Writer Paul Groves.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 6/25/2002; 700+ words ; ...government into a new world increasingly dominated by big business and new technology...embattled Prime Minister, whose tough economic policies were proving unpopular, this...Thatcher stood firm. There were ugly scenes on picket lines during the dispute...
Behind the Scenes at the WTO: The Real World of International Trade Negotiations, Lessons from Cancun.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Michigan Law Review; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE WTO: THE REAL...INTRODUCTION Behind the Scenes at the WTO definitively...intrigues behind the scenes at the WTO, the authors...multilateralism and international economic institutions as a strategy...decisionmaking processes are still dominated by its richest members...
Folk/Blues; Shrinking audiences give venues pause.(Scene)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 12/27/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...home. Many say this economic downturn began after...cause for the struggling scene. Yet the economy was...perished. And the festival scene has thrived: Both the...have Passim, but any scene so dominated by one venue cannot truly...
Making a Difference in Prime Time: Women On Screen and Behind the Scenes in the 1995-96 Television Season.
Magazine article from: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...advertisers' moral and economic sensibilities, network...how the behind-the-scenes community influences...women working behind the scenes and on-screen portrayals...Portrayals and Behind-the-Scenes Representation Scholars...posits that "movies are dominated by the personal vision...