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Norway, Nor. Norge, officially Kingdom of Norway, constitutional monarchy (2015 est. pop. 5,200,000), 125,181 sq mi (324,219 sq km), N Europe, occupying the western part of the…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from New Mexico Member Name Birth-Death ANDERSON, Clinton Presba 1895-1975 ANDREWS, William Henry 1846-1919…
WHEN DID WINDS OF CHANGE BLOW? APARTHEIDFIND OUT MOREAfter 1945, European nations began to give up their colonies. In some places, power was handed back to local people peacefully. White South…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Wisconsin Member Name Birth-Death ADAMS, Henry Cullen 1850-1906 AMLIE, Thomas Ryum 1897-1973 ASPIN…
For the most distinguished literature for children published in the U.S.; given by the American Library Association. John Newbery was an eighteenth-century British publisher.Since 19221922The…
(Encyclopedia) Mosby, John SingletonMosby, John Singletonmôzˈbē [key], 1833–1916, Confederate partisan leader in the American Civil War, b. Edgemont, Va. He was practicing law in Bristol, Va., when…
(Encyclopedia) Ernst, MaxErnst, Maxmäks ĕrnst [key] 1891–1976, German painter. After World War I, Ernst joined the Dada movement in Paris and then became a founder of surrealism. Apart from the…
(Encyclopedia) Selborne, Roundell Palmer, 1st earl ofSelborne, Roundell Palmer, 1st earl ofsĕlˈbôrn [key], 1812–95, British jurist and statesman. Called to the bar in 1837, he entered Parliament in…
