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Because hurricanes often occur at the same time, officials assign short, distinctive names to the storms to avoid confusion among weather stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea. Since 1953…
Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Blackwater…
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(Encyclopedia) Joan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and…
(Encyclopedia) Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st EarlKitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earlkĭchˈənər, kĭchˈnər [key], 1850–1916, British field marshal and statesman. Trained at the…
(Encyclopedia) factory, place of production characterized by wage labor, the use of machinery, and the division of labor. The large-scale use of machinery differentiates factory production from…
(Encyclopedia) personality, in psychology, the patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion unique to an individual, and the ways they interact to help or hinder the adjustment of a person to other…
