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cluster munitions
cluster bomb a bomb that releases a number of projectiles on impact to injure or damage personnel and vehicles.... Read more |
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Maxus Energy Corp
Maxus Energy Corporation 717 North Harwood St.Dallas, Texas 75201-6594U.S.A.(214) 953-2000Fax: (214) 953-2996 Public Company Incorporated: 1910 as Diamond Alkali CorporationEmployees: 1,939Sales: $718.4 millionStock Exchanges: New York Pacific Basel Geneva ZurichSICs: 1311 Crude Petroleum... Read more |
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Chiricahua
Chiricahua ETHNONYM: Aiaho The Chiricahua are an Athapaskan-speaking American Indian group whose traditional homeland was located in present-day southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, southwestern Texas, and the adjacent areas of northern Mexico. At the beginning of the nineteenth century... Read more |
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Los Angeles race riots
LOS ANGELES RIOTS LOS ANGELES RIOTS, an uprising that occurred in May 1992 following the acquittal of four white police officers in the 1991 beating of Rodney King, a black man who had led Los Angeles police on a high-speed automobile chase. The beating was videotaped by a bystander and broadcast... Read more |
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Thomas J. Mooney
MOONEY, THOMAS J. 1882-1942 L ABOR RADICAL AND PRISONER The Bombing In the early afternoon of 22 July 1916 a powerful bomb exploded among a group of onlookers who had gathered to watch a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco. Ten people were killed and many more injured ... Read more |
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Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Adolfo López Mateos , 1910-69, president of Mexico (1958-64). A lawyer, he became active in the government party. He served as senator (1946-52) and as minister of labor (1952-58), during which time he settled more than 13,000 disputes. As president, he fostered industrial growth and... Read more |
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Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly against Native Americans. The Texas Rangers at first consisted of three companies of 25 men each. Said to "ride like... Read more |
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Francisco Indalecio Madero
Francisco Indalecio Madero , 1873-1913, Mexican statesman and president (1911-13). A champion of democracy and social reform, he established various humanitarian institutions for the peons on his family's vast estates in Coahuila. In 1908, after Porfirio Díaz announced that Mexico was ready... Read more |
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