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Macau
MACAU Macau Special Administrative Region Macao COUNTRY OVERVIEW LOCATION AND SIZE. Macau is located in Southeast Asia, approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Hong Kong, bordering China. Made up of Macau city and the islands of Taipa and Coloane, Macau has a land area of 21... Read more |
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Lilli Lehmann
Lilli Lehmann , 1848-1929, German operatic soprano. She made her debut in 1865 in Prague and in 1870 joined the Royal Opera, Berlin. Her stature as one of the greatest singers of her time was realized in London and in New York City where she was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company (1885-90).... Read more |
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Solomon Franklin Smith
Smith, Sol[omon Franklin] (1801–69), actor and manager. He was born on a farm in Norwich, New York, but raised in nearby Solon and at the age of twelve ran away, walking three hundred miles to join his brothers in business in Boston. In 1819 he ran away from the business and made his acting... Read more |
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Andreas Osiander
Andreas Osiander , 1498-1552, German reformer. His original name was Hosemann or Heiligmann. Ordained a priest in 1520, Osiander joined the cause of the Reformation in 1522. He supported Martin Luther vigorously, participating in the Marburg Conference (1529), the Diet of Augsburg (1530), and the... Read more |
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Fribourg
Fribourg , Ger. Freiburg, canton (1990 pop. 204,328), 645 sq mi (1,671 sq km), W Switzerland. Located on the Swiss Plateau and amid the foothills of the Alps, Fribourg is an agricultural region known for its cattle and cheese (notably Gruyère). Industries include the production of watches... Read more |
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Guillaume Farel
Guillaume Farel , 1489-1565, French religious reformer, associate of John Calvin . In 1520, Farel joined Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples at Meaux to aid in church reform and to establish an evangelical school for students and preachers. Soon his iconoclastic ideas made him suspect, and he... Read more |
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Latin Monetary Union
Latin Monetary Union In 1865, France, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland (joined in 1868 by Greece) agreed to regulate their national currencies on a uniform basis, thus making it freely interchangeable. Several other countries joined informally. The fluctuations of gold and silver created... Read more |
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Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee (Sir Timothy Berners-Lee), 1955-, British computer scientist, b. London, grad. The Queen's College, Oxford (B.A. 1976). He joined CERN , near Geneva, Switzerland, as a consultant software engineer in 1960. While there he wrote for his own private use a program for storing... Read more |
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Artificial recharge
Artificial Recharge Water-supply development is challenging. Increasing demands for water joined with concerns for environmental protection require a variety of new water management tools. Such a tool for the conjunctive useof surface water and groundwatersupplies is... Read more |
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William Alexander
William Alexander known as Lord Stirling , 1726-83, American Revolutionary general, b. New York City. Although the House of Lords rejected his claim to succeed as the 6th earl of Stirling, in America he was generally considered a nobleman. He served in the French and Indian Wars and joined the... Read more |
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Thinking and acting global.(Switzerland will join the UN)(Interview)
...result of its new role as a full...status change Switzerland's foreign...Joseph Deiss: Switzerland will become...humanitarian aid. Switzerland has a solid...March 3 vote to join the UN was...support the efforts made by the UN...disadvantages to being a UN ... |
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NEW HEAD OF SWISS INTERNATIONAL MISSION.(Brief Article)
...Gyger, who as Switzerland's Head of Mission...four years, has made strenuous efforts to promote Geneva...during his tenure made no secret of his personal wish for Switzerland to join the United Nations...example, without being certain that tomorrow... |
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Former Team New Zealand trustee hits back at Coutts, Butterworth
...AUCKLAND, New Zealand Russell...they quit to join Alinghi of Switzerland, a former Team New Zealand official...continuation of Team New Zealand, including...answers claims made by Coutts and...said their efforts to accomplish...Butterworth not being prepared to... |
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Football: Nishizawa set to join new faces at Bolton
...the Premiership new boys but may prefer...players in his efforts to assemble a...Lubamba, from Switzerland; and the strikers...Alex Ferguson has made an approach for...Maine Road after being turned away at...Lokeren. Zere will join on a free transfer...of a job since being ... |
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Tax inquiry widens to Pacific nations Audits in Australia and New Zealand;...
...Dougherty The New York Times Media...Zealand; U.S. joins the huntByline...Dougherty The New York Times Media...Australia and New Zealand carried...weight behind efforts to change banking...Austria and Switzerland that has a thriving...the 150 people being ... |
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Sterling efforts will put UK ahead of euro zone's recovery ; Has the time...
A NEW argument is being made in favour of Britain...from both of us being islands, what else...of comparison, Switzerland has a multiple of...reason why I have not made the argument in...me that we should join the euro. As it... |
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Sterling effort will put UK ahead of euro zone recovery ; Has the time...
A NEW argument is being made in favour of Britain...from both of us being islands, what else...of comparison, Switzerland has a multiple of...reason why I have not made the argument in...me that we should join the euro. As it... |
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Using Particle Accelerators to Discover More About Matter
...this year, a new particle accelerator...at CERN in Switzerland. Called the...in Geneva, Switzerland. He joins...Global Design Effort for the International...Cal Tech. He joins me from the...you want to join the conversation...experiments that's being based at the...its ... |
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Destined to be making waves; Comedian Susan Morrison turns serious when her...
...narrowly avoided being christened Carpathia...Hollywood studio that made the film: 'Get...land-locked Switzerland to join theirs. "But...theory, or some new re-interpretation...inexplicably didn't join in the rescue effort with the Carpathia... |
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EMBASSY ROW.(World)(Embassy Row)
...allegations that Switzerland virtually looted...D'Amato, New York Republican...emphasized Switzerland's refusal to join NATO, which...just part of being Canadian...revisions should be made in the face...liberalization effort. "This would... |
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