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Bill of Rights, in British history
(Encyclopedia)Bill of Rights, 1689, in British history, one of the fundamental instruments of constitutional law. It registered in statutory form the outcome of the long 17th-century struggle between the Stuart kin...Bill of Rights, in U.S. history
(Encyclopedia)Bill of Rights, in U.S. history: see Constitution of the United States. ...North American Indian music
(Encyclopedia)North American Indian music: see Native American music. ...North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(Encyclopedia)North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), established under the North Atlantic Treaty (Apr. 4, 1949) by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, N...North Cascades National Park
(Encyclopedia)North Cascades National Park, 504,781 acres (204,436 hectares), N Washington. Located in the Cascade Range, the park has outstanding alpine scenery, including high jagged peaks, glaciers, icefalls, ha...North Dakota, University of
(Encyclopedia)North Dakota, University of, at Grand Forks; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1883, opened 1884. It has several professional schools, including those for aerospace sciences, engineering and m...North Dakota State University
(Encyclopedia)North Dakota State University, at Fargo; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1890 as North Dakota Agricultural College, achieved university status in 1960. The agricult...North-East Frontier Agency
(Encyclopedia)North-East Frontier Agency, India: see Arunachal Pradesh. ...North Texas, University of
(Encyclopedia)North Texas, University of, at Denton, Tex.; coeducational; est. 1890 as Texas Normal College, became North Texas State Normal College in 1899, North Texas State Teachers College in 1923. In 1949 the ...North-West Frontier Province
(Encyclopedia)North-West Frontier Province: see Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ...Browse by Subject
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