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Great Leap Forward
(Encyclopedia)Great Leap Forward, 1957–60, Chinese economic plan aimed at revitalizing all sectors of the economy. Initiated by Mao Zedong, the plan emphasized decentralized, labor-intensive industrialization, ty...leap year
(Encyclopedia)leap year: see calendar.Peng Dehuai
(Encyclopedia)Peng Dehuai or P'eng Teh-huai both: pŭngˈ dŭˈhwīˈ [key], 1898–1974, Communist Chinese general and political leader. He held various command positions in the Red Army, and in 1934–35 he joine...Khingan, Great
(Encyclopedia)Khingan, Great, mountain range, China: see Hinggan Ling, Da. ...Great Alföld
(Encyclopedia)Great Alföld: see Alföld, plain, Hungary. ...great auk
(Encyclopedia)great auk: see auk.Great Awakening
(Encyclopedia)Great Awakening, series of religious revivals that swept over the American colonies about the middle of the 18th cent. It resulted in doctrinal changes and influenced social and political thought. In ...Great Basin
(Encyclopedia)Great Basin, semiarid, N section of the Basin and Range province, the intermontane plateau region of W United States and N Mexico. Lying mostly in Nevada and extending into California, Oregon, Idaho, ...Great Belt
(Encyclopedia)Great Belt: see Store Bælt and Lille Bælt, straits, Denmark. ...Great Bend
(Encyclopedia)Great Bend, city (2020 pop. 14,733), seat of Barton co., central Kans., on a bend in the Arkansas River; settled and inc. 1872. It is a trade and shippi...Browse by Subject
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