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terrorism terrorism
terrorism the threat or use of violence, often against the civilian population, to achieve political or social ends, to intimidate opponents, or to publicize grievances. The term dates from the Reign of Terror (1793-94) in the French Revolution but has taken on additional meaning in the 20th... Read more
Brian Faulkner Brian Faulkner
Brian Faulkner , 1921-77, Northern Irish politician. A Protestant businessman, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Parliament as a Unionist in 1949. As minister of home affairs (1959-63) he became known as a hard-liner in his efforts to end Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorism. He served as... Read more
Reign of Terror Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror 1793-94, period of the French Revolution characterized by a wave of executions of presumed enemies of the state. Directed by the Committee of Public Safety, the Revolutionary government's Terror was essentially a war dictatorship, instituted to rule the country in a national... Read more
Terror Terror
TERROR. An apprehension of danger or impending violence, terror is akin to fear in an accentuated or distilled form and is often accompanied by trembling. It underpins many aspects of existence, especially the cut-and-thrust of the evolutionary drive and the predatory nature of the food chain.... Read more
KGB KGB
KGB (Russian abbreviation, Committee of State Security) Formed in 1953, the KGB was responsible for external espionage, internal counter-intelligence, and internal ‘crimes against the state’. The most famous chairman of the KGB was Yuri Andropov (1967–82) who was Soviet leader... Read more
Commune of Paris Commune of Paris
Commune of Paris insurrectionary governments in Paris formed during (1792) the French Revolution and at the end (1871) of the Franco-Prussian War . In the French Revolution, the Revolutionary commune, representing urban workers, tradespeople, and radical bourgeois, engineered the storming of the... Read more
Domestic Terrorism Domestic Terrorism
Terrorism, Domestic (United States) ¦ JUDSON KNIGHT The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines domestic terrorism as terrorism involving groups based in, and operating entirely within, the United States and its territories, without foreign direction. The FBI... Read more
Richard Cox Richard Cox
Cox, Richard 1948-PERSONALOriginal name, Richard Zuckerman; born May 6, 1948, in New York, NY. Education: Yale, B.A., anthropology.Addresses:Agent—Pacific Artists Management, 685-1285 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3X8 Canada.Career:Actor. Performed summer theater at the Peterborough... Read more
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz Paul Dundes Wolfowitz
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz 1943-, American political figure, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Cornell Univ. (B.A. 1965), Univ. of Chicago (Ph.D. 1972). In 1966 he entered government service, and worked for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1973-77) and as deputy assistant secretary of defense (1977-80).... Read more
Yasir Arafat Yasir Arafat
Yasir Arafat , 1929-2004, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the coordinating body for Palestinian organizations, and head of Al Fatah, the largest group in the PLO. He was born in Cairo, but spent most of his youth in Jerusalem. After smuggling arms to Arab forces during the... Read more

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