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Margaret of Denmark
Margaret of Denmark Margaret of Denmark (1353-1412) was a fourteenth-century Danish queen and first medieval queen to rule in Europe, who united three powerful Scandinavian kingdoms. In the 11th century, the kingdoms of Scandinavia were a relatively new feature of medieval Europe. During the... Read more |
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North-West Europe campaign
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Jewish Agency
Jewish Agency, the official organization for forming a Palestinian national home for the Jews which worked with the British, the mandatory authorities in Palestine. It was really a quasi-government for the Jews and its president from 1935, David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), worked with an... Read more |
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cabin
cabin, (possibly from the Latin capanna, little house), a room or space in a ship partitioned off by bulkheads to provide a private apartment for officers, passengers, and crew members for sleeping and/or eating. The 13th-century explorer Marco Polo reported that Chinese junks used by merchants had... Read more |
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Declaration on Liberated Europe
Declaration on Liberated Europe, issued at the Yalta conference in February 1945 (see ARGONAUT). It committed the UK, USA, and USSR to establishing free elections and democratic governments in the countries they had liberated, and reiterated the three leaders' belief in the principles stated in the... Read more |
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acid rain
acid rain or acid deposition, form of precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, or hail) containing high levels of sulfuric or nitric acids ( p H below 5.5-5.6). Produced when sulfur dioxide and various nitrogen oxides combine with atmospheric moisture, acid rain can contaminate drinking water, damage... Read more |
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William Bayard Hale
William Bayard Hale 1869-1924, American journalist, b. Richmond, Ind. An Episcopal minister, he served in several parishes before attaining a national reputation as a journalist. In 1900, Hale became managing editor of Cosmopolitan. He wrote (1912) the campaign biography of Woodrow Wilson and... Read more |
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Albert Coady Wedemeyer
Albert Coady Wedemeyer , 1897-1989, American general, b. Omaha, Nebr., grad. West Point, 1918. After service in China, the Philippines, and Europe, he was graduated (1936) from the general staff school at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and was sent to the German general staff school. In World War II he... Read more |
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West
west the direction towards the point of the horizon where the sun sets at the equinoxes, on the left-hand side of a person facing north, or the part of the horizon lying in this direction. The word is recorded from Old English and is of Germanic origin; it comes from an Indo-European root shared by... Read more |
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William Childs Westmoreland
William Childs Westmoreland 1914-2005, U.S. general, b. Spartanburg co., S.C. He graduated from West Point in 1936 and fought with distinction in North Africa and Europe during World War II and later (1952-53) in Korea. After serving (1960-64) as superintendent of West Point, Westmoreland attained... Read more |
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