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DK History: Asian Conflict

HOW DID GANDHI FIGHT FOR FREEDOM? WHEN DID JAPAN BECOME POWERFUL? FIND OUT MOREThe first half of the 20th century saw Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands being challenged by the peoples they…

Olympic Preview: Table Tennis

First Olympic Appearance: 1988 by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 20082008 Summer Games: Table TennisEncyclopedia: Table Tennis With over 40 million…

Olympic Preview: Water Polo

First Olympic Appearance: 1900 by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 2012 Encyclopedia: Water Polo   Although it…

Bikinis Optional

Changes are afoot, and underfoot, in London by Catherine McNiff Related Links 2012 Summer OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern…

search warrant

(Encyclopedia) search warrant, in law, written order by an official of a court authorizing an officer to search in a specified place for specified objects and to seize them if found. The objects…

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar

(Encyclopedia) Tilak, Bal GangadharTilak, Bal Gangadharbäl gŭngˈgədär tēˈläk [key], 1856–1920, Indian nationalist leader. He was a journalist in Pune, and in his newspapers, the Marathi-language…

republic

(Encyclopedia) republic [Lat. res publica,=public affair], today understood to be a sovereign state ruled by representatives of a widely inclusive electorate. The term republic formerly denoted a…

Varna

(Encyclopedia) VarnaVarnavärˈnä [key], city (1993 pop. 307,200), E Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. It is a major port and an industrial center. Manufactures include ships and boats, chemicals, electrical…

Slavonia

(Encyclopedia) SlavoniaSlavoniasləvōˈnēə [key], Croatian Slavonija, historic region, part of Croatia. It is a fertile agricultural and forested lowland bounded, in part, by the Drava River in the…

Cantacuzene

(Encyclopedia) CantacuzeneCantacuzenekănˌtəky&oomacr;zēnˈ [key] or CantacuzinoCantacuzinokänˈtäk&oomacr;zēˈnô [key], noble Romanian family of Greek origin, tracing its descent from the…