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DK People & Places: Australasia & Oceania

FACTFILE: AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIAFACTFILE: MICRONESIAFACTFILE: MELANESIA FACTFILE: POLYNESIA FIND OUT MOREThe sparsely populated continent of Australasia is made up of Australia, New Zealand,…

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David DaleMarcus DalyThomas DanforthHerbert Joseph DavenportEdward DavyCharles Gates DawesGerard DebreuJohn DeereAmasa DelanoOscar de la RentaWarren de la RueMichael DellWilliam Edwards…

1998 Movie Awards

1998 Golden Globe Nominees Here are the nominees in the movie categories for the 1998 Golden Globe Awards. The winners are in bold face. Best Motion Picture — Drama:Elizabeth Gods and Monsters…

condensate

(Encyclopedia) condensate, matter in the form of a gas of atoms, molecules, or elementary particles that have been so chilled that their motion is virtually halted and as a consequence they lose…

Collins, Patricia Hill

(Encyclopedia) Collins, Patricia Hill, 1948–, American sociologist and social theorist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Brandeis University, 1984. A noted…

circus

(Encyclopedia) circus [Lat.,=ring, circle], historically, the arena associated with the horse and chariot races and athletic contests known in ancient Rome as the Circensian games. The Roman circus…

Clark, George Rogers

(Encyclopedia) Clark, George Rogers, 1752–1818, American Revolutionary general, conqueror of the Old Northwest, b. near Charlottesville, Va.; brother of William Clark. A surveyor, he was interested…

trusteeship, territorial

(Encyclopedia) trusteeship, territorial, system of UN control for territories that were not self-governing. It replaced the mandates of the League of Nations. Provided for under chapters 12 and 13 of…

Selected Biographies: F

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