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Krag, Jens Otto

(Encyclopedia)Krag, Jens Otto yĕns ôˈtō kräkh [key], 1914–78, Danish political leader. A Social Democrat, he entered parliament in 1947 and played a leading role in shaping Denmark's postwar economic policie...

Kennewick

(Encyclopedia)Kennewick kĕnˈəwĭk [key], city (1990 pop. 42,155), Benton co., SE Wash., on the Columbia River near the influx of the Snake River, in an irrigated farm and vineyard region; inc. 1904. With Richlan...

Campinas

(Encyclopedia)Campinas kəmpēˈnəs [key], city, São Paulo state, S Brazil. It is a growing industrial an...

Russell, William Fletcher

(Encyclopedia)Russell, William Fletcher, 1890–1956, American educator, b. Delhi, N.Y., grad. Cornell, 1910, Ph.D. Columbia, 1914; son of James Earl Russell. He was dean (1917–23) of the College of Education, St...

yungas

(Encyclopedia)yungas yo͞ongˈgäs [key], region of lowland valleys in the eastern piedmont of the Andes Mts., 5,000–8,000 ft (1,524–2,438 m) high, extending from the Peru-Bolivia border SE into central Bolivia...

Roscher, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia)Roscher, Wilhelm vĭlˈhĕlm rôshˈər [key], 1817–94, German economist. A professor at the Univ. of Leipzig (1848–94), he was a founder of the German historical school of economics, which reject...

Peterhead

(Encyclopedia)Peterhead pētərhĕdˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 16,804), Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, on a peninsula on the North Sea. It is the easternmost town, with a good harbor, of Scotland. Chiefly a center of he...

econometrics

(Encyclopedia)econometrics, technique of economic analysis that expresses economic theory in terms of mathematical relationships and then tests it empirically through statistical research. Econometrics attempts to ...

commercial revolution

(Encyclopedia)commercial revolution, in European history, a fundamental change in the quantity and scope of commerce. In the later Middle Ages steady economic expansion had seen the rise of towns and the advent of ...

Kim Dae Jung

(Encyclopedia)Kim Dae Jung kĭm dā jo͝ong [key], 1924–2009, president (1998–2003) of South Korea. A native of South Jeolla prov., Kim was a long-time campaigner for increased democracy and a writer on interna...