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Gang of Four

(Encyclopedia) Gang of Four, term of opprobrium given by the Chinese Communist authorities to four persons held responsible for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution (1966–69). They were also…

Gaon of Vilna

(Encyclopedia) Gaon of Vilna: see Elijah ben Solomon.

Epirus, despotate of

(Encyclopedia) Epirus, despotate of. When, in 1204, the army of the Fourth Crusade set up the Latin Empire of Constantinople on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, an independent Greek state emerged…

Flavian of Antioch

(Encyclopedia) Flavian of AntiochFlavian of Antiochflāˈvēən, [key]Flavian of Antiochănˈtēŏk [key], d. 404, Catholic patriarch of Antioch. He succeeded St. Meletius. A rival claimant to the…

Florida, Straits of

(Encyclopedia) Florida, Straits of, passage, c.90 mi (145 km) wide, between the Florida Keys in the north and Cuba in the south. It connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean.

Florida, University of

(Encyclopedia) Florida, University of, at Gainesville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1853 at Ocala, moved to Gainesville in 1906. The Center for Latin American…