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State Department Notes on Benin

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Beninese Relations GEOGRAPHYBenin, a narrow, north-south strip of land in West Africa,…

State Department Notes on Costa Rica

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Costa Rican Relations PEOPLE Unlike many of their Central…

Scientists: Life Sciences

Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies Life Science…

Famous Firsts in Aviation

Cayley's Helicopter Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine. Source: Library…

Selected Biographies: S

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+ biographies Biographies…

economics

(Encyclopedia) economics, study of how human beings allocate scarce resources to produce various commodities and how those commodities are distributed for consumption among the people in society (see…

Women Political Leaders—Historical and Current

The following table lists the current and historical female political leaders of the countries of the world, according to country name, woman's name, political title, and years in power, including…

Inventions and Discoveries

Adrenaline: (isolation of) John Jacob Abel, U.S., 1897. Aerosol can: Erik Rotheim, Norway, 1926. Air brake: George Westinghouse, U.S., 1868. Air conditioning: Willis Carrier, U.S., 1911.…

Antarctica

(Encyclopedia) CE5 AntarcticaAntarcticaăntärkˈtĭkə, –ärˈtĭkə [key], the fifth largest continent, c.5,500,000 sq mi (14,245,000 sq km), asymmetrically centered on the South Pole and almost entirely…

Washington, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Washington, state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is bordered by Idaho (E); Oregon, with the Columbia River marking much of the boundary (S); the Pacific Ocean…