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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. ...

Illia, Arturo

(Encyclopedia)Illia, Arturo ärto͞oˈrō ēlˈyä [key], 1900–1983, president of Argentina (1963–66). A country physician, he entered politics after 1930, and from 1948 to 1952 he was one of the few non-Perón...

Santiago de los Caballeros

(Encyclopedia)Santiago de los Caballeros dā lōs käbäyāˈrōs [key], city (1993 pop. 364,859), N Dominican Republic, on the Yaque del Norte River. The second most important city in the country, it is a rail and...

Watson, Doc

(Encyclopedia)Watson, Doc (Arthel Lane Watson), 1923–2012, American country-music singer and musician, b. Stony Fork, N.C. Blind from infancy, he learned to play the harmonica, banjo, and guitar in his youth. His...

Mohammed bin Salman

(Encyclopedia)Mohammed bin Salman, 1985–, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, b. Riyadh. The son of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, he received a law degree from King Saud Univ. (2007) and then worked in government and for...

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