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Trujillo , former name of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(Encyclopedia)Trujillo: see Santo Domingo, city, Dominican Republic. ...Scheidemann, Philipp
(Encyclopedia)Scheidemann, Philipp fēˈlĭp shīˈdəmän [key], 1865–1939, German Social Democratic leader. A member of the Reichstag from 1898, he became (1918) secretary of state without portfolio in the cabi...Mbandaka
(Encyclopedia)Mbandaka kôkēyävēlˈ [key], city (1984 pop. 137,291), capital of Équateur prov., W Congo (Kinshasa), a port on the Congo River. It is a commercial and transportation center and has tanning and fi...Charles II, emperor of the West and king of the West Franks
(Encyclopedia)Charles II or Charles the Bald, 823–77, emperor of the West (875–77) and king of the West Franks (843–77); son of Emperor Louis I by a second marriage. The efforts of Louis to create a kingdom f...Luapula
(Encyclopedia)Luapula: see Congo, river.Zaïre, river, Africa
(Encyclopedia)Zaïre, river, Africa: see Congo, river. ...Klaus, Václav
(Encyclopedia)Klaus, Václav klous [key], 1941–, Czech politician. A staunch free-market economist and leader (1991–2002) of the Civic Democratic party, he has been one of Eastern Europe's more influential pos...Bayar, Celâl
(Encyclopedia)Bayar, Celâl jĕlälˈ bäˈyär [key], 1884–1986, Turkish statesman. The son of a religious leader and teacher, Bayar joined the nationalist movement after the Young Turk revolution. Kemal Atatür...Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
(Encyclopedia)Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, a fundamental document of French constitutional history, drafted by Emmanuel Sieyès, adopted by the Constituent Assembly on Aug. 26, 1789, and embodied i...Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
(Encyclopedia)Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, case decided in 1978 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court held in a closely divided decision that race could be one of the factors considered in choos...Browse by Subject
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