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Santa Cruz de la Sierra
(Encyclopedia)Santa Cruz de la Sierra ᵺā lä sēĕrˈä [key], city (1992 pop. 697,278), capital of Santa Cruz dept., central Bolivia, on the Piray River. A trade and processing center for sugar, rice, cotton, f...Ndayishimiye, Évariste
(Encyclopedia)Ndayishimiye, Évariste, 1968–, Burundian political leader. He was a law student before he joined the rebel Hutu militia during the country's civil war (1993–2006), and rose through the ranks of w...Cluniac order
(Encyclopedia)Cluniac order klo͞oˈnē-ăkˌ [key], medieval organization of Benedictines centered at the abbey of Cluny, France. Founded in 910 by the monk Berno and Count William of Aquitaine, the abbey's consti...European Free Trade Association
(Encyclopedia)European Free Trade Association (EFTA), customs union and trading bloc; its current members are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. EFTA was established in 1960 by Austria, Denmark, Great...Gbowee, Leymah Roberta
(Encyclopedia)Gbowee, Leymah Roberta lāˈmä, bōwēˈ [key], 1972–, Liberian peace activist. A social worker and trauma counselor, she worked with ex-child soldiers from Charles Taylor's army, joined the Women ...Trans-Siberian Railroad
(Encyclopedia)Trans-Siberian Railroad, rail line, linking European Russia with the Pacific coast. Its construction began in 1891, on the initiative of Count S. Y. Witte, and was completed in 1905. The completion of...reaction-formation
(Encyclopedia)reaction-formation: see defense mechanism. ...Esper, Mark Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Esper, Mark Thomas, 1964–, U.S. army officer and government official, b. Uniontown, Pa., B.S West Point, 1986; M.P.A. Harvard, 1995, Ph.D. George Washington Univ., 2008. Rising to the rank of lieute...Jugnauth, Anerood
(Encyclopedia)Jugnauth, Anerood, 1930–, Mauritian political leader, prime minister of Mauritius (1982–95, 2000–2003, 2014–17). Trained as a lawyer, he was first elected to the National Assembly in 1963 as a...displacement
(Encyclopedia)displacement, in psychology: see defense mechanism. ...Browse by Subject
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