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Philippines, The

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Philippines, The fĭlˈəpēnzˌ [key], officially Republic of the Philippines, republic (2015 est. pop. 101,716,000), 115,830 sq mi (300,000 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Malay Archipelago off th...

Philippines, University of the

(Encyclopedia)Philippines, University of the, main campus at Quezon City, the Philippines; English language; founded 1908. Among its many schools and colleges are those of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, veterina...

Isabela, province, Philippines

(Encyclopedia)Isabela ĭzəbĕlˈə, Span. ēsäbāˈlä [key], province, NE Luzon, the Philippines...

Representation of the People Acts

(Encyclopedia)Representation of the People Acts, statutes enacted by the British Parliament to continue the extension of the franchise begun by the Reform Bills (see under Reform Acts). As a result of the governmen...

Hebrews, people

(Encyclopedia)Hebrews. For history, see Jews; for religion, see Judaism. ...

Peculiar People

(Encyclopedia)Peculiar People, an alternate rendering for the biblical phrase “chosen people” (of Israel), applied to numerous Protestant dissenting sects such as the Plumstead peculiars. This group, founded in...

People's Charter

(Encyclopedia)People's Charter: see Chartism.

People's party

(Encyclopedia)People's party: see Populist party. ...

People's Temple

(Encyclopedia)People's Temple: see Jones, Jim.

boat people

(Encyclopedia)boat people, term used to describe the Indochinese refugees who fled Communist rule after the Vietnam War (1975) in small boats and the many ethnic Chinese who left Vietnam similarly after China's inv...