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Manh, Nong Duc

(Encyclopedia)Manh, Nong Duc nông do͞ok mī [key], 1940–, Vietnamese political leader. A member of the Tai minority and a forestry worker, Manh joined the Communist party in 1963 and studied forestry in Hanoi (...

Kuznets, Simon

(Encyclopedia)Kuznets, Simon ko͝oznĕtsˈ, kŭzˈnĕts [key], 1901–85, American economist, b. Kharkiv, Russia (now in Ukraine), grad. Columbia (B.S., 1923; M.A., 1924; Ph.D., 1926). He emigrated to the United St...

kwashiorkor

(Encyclopedia)kwashiorkor kwăshˌēôrˈkôr [key], protein deficiency disorder of children. It is prevalent in overpopulated parts of the world where the diet consists mainly of starchy vegetables, particularly i...

Abuja

(Encyclopedia)Abuja äbo͞oˈjə [key], city and federal capital territory (2021 metropolitan area est. pop. 3,278,000), central Nigeria. Plans to move the capital from Lagos were appro...

Potchefstroom

(Encyclopedia)Potchefstroom pŏchˈəfstrōm, –stro͞om [key], city, now part and seat of Tlokwe local municipality, North West prov. (in what formerly was part of Transvaal), NE South Africa. Located in a fertil...

Bassani, Giorgio

(Encyclopedia)Bassani, Giorgio jôrˈjō bäsäˈnê [key], 1916–2000, Italian novelist. The recurrent background for his complex, analytic narratives about Jewish bourgeois life in Italy was the growth of fascis...

Toluca

(Encyclopedia)Toluca tōlo͞oˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 327,865), capital of Mexico state, central Mexico. Located on the central plateau, Toluca (alt. c.8,760 ft/2,670 m) has a year-round cool climate. It was es...

Boise, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Boise boiˈsē, –zē [key], city (2020 pop. 235,684), state capital...

Białowieża

(Encyclopedia)Białowieża byälôvyĕˈzhä [key], Belarusian Bielavieskaja pušča, Pol. Puszcza Białowieska, Rus. Belovezhskaya Pushcha, large forest, c.450 sq mi (1,170 sq km), E Poland and W Belarus. The last...

Schlesinger, Arthur Meier

(Encyclopedia)Schlesinger, Arthur Meier shlĕsˈĭnjər [key], 1888–1965, American historian, b. Xenia, Ohio. After teaching at Ohio State Univ. and the State Univ. of Iowa, he was a professor of history (1924–...