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Amarna
(Encyclopedia)Amarna: see Tell el Amarna.Romero, Saint Óscar
(Encyclopedia)Romero, Saint Óscar (Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez), 1917–80, Salvadoran bishop and human rights advocate. He studied at the Gregorian Univ. in Rome and was ordained in 1942. Returning to El Sa...Sábato, Ernesto
(Encyclopedia)Sábato, Ernesto ārnāsˈtō säˈbätō [key], 1911–2011, Argentinean novelist and literary critic, b. Rojas. He received his doctorate in physics (1937) and taught until removed for anti-Peronist...Central American Common Market
(Encyclopedia)Central American Common Market (CACM), trade organization envisioned by a 1960 treaty between Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. The treaty established (1961) a secretariat for Central A...Mission Trail
(Encyclopedia)Mission Trail: see Camino Real, El. ...Al-Jadida
(Encyclopedia)Al-Jadida: see El Jadida, Morocco. ...Alcazarquivir
(Encyclopedia)Alcazarquivir: see Ksar el Kebir, Morocco. ...Alamayn, Al
(Encyclopedia)Alamayn, Al, Egypt: see Alamein, El. ...Fayyum, Al
(Encyclopedia)Fayyum, Al: see Faiyum, El, Egypt. ...reactive power
(Encyclopedia)reactive power: see power, electric. ...Browse by Subject
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