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Wives and Children of the Presidents
This table displays data about the spouses of U.S. Presidents, including the years of birth, death, and marriage, as well as the gender and number of children…
The history of the funnies in America
by Shmuel Ross and Jennie Wood
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CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiachĕkˌōslōväkˈēə [key], Czech ČeskoslovenskoCzechoslovakiachĕsˈkōslōvĕnˌskō [key], former federal republic, 49,370 sq mi (127,869 sq km), in central…
(Encyclopedia) French Revolutionary Wars, wars occurring in the era of the French Revolution and the beginning of the Napoleonic era, the decade of 1792–1802. The wars began as an effort to defend…
(Encyclopedia) American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a federation of autonomous labor unions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, and U.S.…
(Encyclopedia) Luther, Martin, 1483–1546, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, b. Eisleben, Saxony, of a family of small, but free, landholders.
At Wittenberg the iconoclasts under…
(Encyclopedia) Labour party, British political party, one of the two dominant parties in Great Britain since World War I.
Harold Wilson, who became leader on Gaitskell's death in 1963, was able to…
(Encyclopedia) Voltaire, François Marie Arouet deVoltaire, François Marie Arouet defräNswäˈ märēˈ ärwāˈ də vôltĕrˈ [key], 1694–1778, French philosopher and author, whose original name was Arouet. One…
