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United Way of America
(Encyclopedia)United Way of America: see community chest. ...Universalist Church of America
(Encyclopedia)Universalist Church of America, Protestant denomination originating in the 18th cent. and represented almost entirely in the United States. Universalism is the belief that it is God's purpose to save ...Catholic University of America
(Encyclopedia)Catholic University of America, at Washington, D.C.; the national university of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States; coeducational; founded 1887 and opened 1889. It includes a college of ar...Kiowa
(Encyclopedia)Kiowa kīˈəwə [key], Native North Americans whose language is thought to form a branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The Kiowa, a nomadic people of the Plain...Salish
(Encyclopedia)Salish, indigenous people of North America, also known as the Flathead, who in the early 19th cent. inhabited the Bitterroot River valley of W Montana. Their language belongs to the Salishan branch of...Hebrews, people
(Encyclopedia)Hebrews. For history, see Jews; for religion, see Judaism. ...People's Charter
(Encyclopedia)People's Charter: see Chartism.People's party
(Encyclopedia)People's party: see Populist party. ...People's Temple
(Encyclopedia)People's Temple: see Jones, Jim.Roma, people
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