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Murray Bay

(Encyclopedia)Murray Bay, Canada: see La Malbaie. ...

labor union

(Encyclopedia)labor union: see union, labor.

trade union

(Encyclopedia)trade union: see union, labor.

Punta Gallinas

(Encyclopedia)Punta Gallinas, Colombia: see La Guajira. ...

Bagotville

(Encyclopedia)Bagotville: see La Baie, Que., Canada. ...

Huguenots

(Encyclopedia)Huguenots hyo͞oˈgənŏts [key], French Protestants, followers of John Calvin. The term is derived from the German Eidgenossen, meaning sworn companions or confederates. In the reign of King Louis ...

Ramón

(Encyclopedia)Ramón: see Gómez de la Serna, Ramón. ...

emperor

(Encyclopedia)emperor [Lat. imperator=one holding supreme power, especially applied to generals], the sovereign head of an empire. In the Roman republic the term imperator referred to the chief military commander a...

Maritain, Jacques

(Encyclopedia)Maritain, Jacques zhäk märētăNˈ [key], 1882–1973, French Neo-Thomist philosopher. He was educated at the Sorbonne and the Univ. of Heidelberg and was much influenced by the philosophy of Henri ...

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