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Angara Shield

(Encyclopedia)Angara Shield, Asia: see Siberian Platform. ...

Altay

(Encyclopedia)Altay: see Altai, mountain system, Asia. ...

SEATO

(Encyclopedia)SEATO: see Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. ...

Salween

(Encyclopedia)Salween, river, SE Asia: see Thanlwin. ...

Talas Alatau

(Encyclopedia)Talas Alatau, mountains, Asia: see Alatau. ...

Terskei Alatau

(Encyclopedia)Terskei Alatau, mountains, Asia: see Alatau. ...

Green, Theodore Francis

(Encyclopedia)Green, Theodore Francis, 1867–1966, American politician, b. Providence, R.I. After studying law at Harvard and in Europe, he was admitted to the bar (1892) and practiced in Providence. Active in Dem...

Kalanianole, Honah Kuhio

(Encyclopedia)Kalanianole, Honah Kuhio hōˈnä ko͝ohēˈō kälänˌēänōˈlā [key], 1871–1922, delegate to U.S. Congress from the Territory of Hawaii. He was educated in Hawaii, the United States, and Engla...

Ciudad Guzmán

(Encyclopedia)Ciudad Guzmán syo͞o-ᵺäᵺˈ go͞osmänˈ [key], city, Jalisco state, SW Mexico. ...

politburo

(Encyclopedia)politburo, the former central policy-making and governing body of the Communist party of the Soviet Union and, with minor variations, of other Communist parties. It was first created on the eve of the...

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