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Breconshire
Breconshire or Brecknockshire, former county, S Wales. In 1974, Breconshire was divided between Gwent , Mid Glamorgan , and Powys .... Read more |
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Moray
Moray , council area (1993 est. pop. 86,250), 864 sq mi (2,237 sq km), and former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of Moray (or Morayshire) was divided between the former Highland and Grampian regions in 1975. In the local government reorganization of 1996,... Read more |
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Moray (Scotland)
Moray , council area (1993 est. pop. 86,250), 864 sq mi (2,237 sq km), and former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of Moray (or Morayshire) was divided between the former Highland and Grampian regions in 1975. In the local government reorganization of 1996,... Read more |
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Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty former county, N Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Ross and Cromarty was divided between the new Highland and Western Isles regions (now council areas).... Read more |
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Kirkcudbrightshire
Kirkcudbright former county, Scotland: see Kirkcudbrightshire .... Read more |
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Loridae
Loridae (formerly Lorisidae; lorises; order Primates, suborder Strepsirrhini) A family that includes the lorises, pottos, and galagos (bush-babies). They are related to Malagasy lemurs (Lemuriformes), compared with which they have on average shorter muzzles, higher brain cases, and eyes that are... Read more |
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Perthshire
Perthshire or Perth, former county, central Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Perthshire was divided between the Tayside and Central regions. In the local government reorganization of 1996, those regions were dissolved and the council area of Perth and Kinross, formed in large... Read more |
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Lipa
Lipa Lipa, Batangas, Philippines, was the site in 1948 of a series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Teresita Castillo, a Carmelite nun, that were for a few years among the most celebrated in Roman Catholicism. Castillo was the daughter of the former governor of the region who had run away... Read more |
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de jure segregation
Segregation, De Jure Racial separation that is required by law is known as de jure segregation. The Supreme Court first approved of de jure segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), holding that legislatively mandated segregation in transportation did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the... Read more |
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Interview: Niall Ferguson discusses the similarities between the former...
...NPR Talk of the Nation 04-14-2003 Interview: Niall Ferguson discusses the similarities between the former British Empire and America in its current...the modern world. British historian Niall ... |