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epub |eng | 2009-03-14 | Author:Ooi Keat Gin
– L – LABUAN. Strategically commanding Brunei Bay, the 92-square-kilometer island of Labuan has a population of 83,500 (2005 est.). Its annexation in 1847 by the British was intended to ...
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Asia
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2003-03-14 | Author:Paul D. Buell
— D — DA ZONGZHENG FU . “Imperial Office of Clan Affairs.“ Although theoretically a relatively minor office for settling disputes between members of the imperial clan, this agency was ...
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Asia
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2007-03-14 | Author:Stuart D. B. Picken
– M – MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY. Among Japan’s 2,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (chu-sho kigyo), the machine tool industry ranks fourth in the world production of machine tools behind the ...
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Education & Reference
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-27 | Author:David V. Skinner & Peter A.Driscoll
Box 17.5 Some immediate grief reactions Numbness—that is, acceptance but no feeling. Disbelief. Acute distress. Anger, including against the medical professions. Blaming themselves, others or even the deceased. Guilt. Acceptance. ...
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Allied Health Professions
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2007-03-14 | Author:Mark Gilbert & K. Robert Nilsson
LEONE, GIOVANNI (1908–2001). Born in Naples, Giovanni Leone was a convinced Fascist who fought bravely in World War II and campaigned on behalf of the monarchy during the 1946 referendum. ...
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Europe
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2006-03-14 | Author:Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
- CH - CHALUPKA, JÁN (1791–1871). Playwright and brother of Samo Chalupka, he studied at the University of Jena. He is best known for writing satirical plays in which he ...
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Europe
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2006-03-14 | Author:Dabney Townsend
– J – JAPANESE AESTHETICS. See CHINESE AND JAPANESE AESTHETICS. JE NE SAIS QUOI. Je ne sais quoi literally means “I know not what.” It came to be used in ...
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Historical Study & Educational Resources
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2010-03-14 | Author:Ming K. Chan & Shiu-hing Lo
– P – PATTEN, CHRISTOPHER (1944– ). Christopher Patten was the last British governor of Hong Kong, serving from July 1992 though June 1997. As governor, Patten used democratization reform ...
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Asia
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2006-03-14 | Author:Irene Scobbie
MINING. Sweden is rich in metals, especially iron, but not fossil fuels. Large iron ore deposits are mined at Kiruna in northern Sweden, worked by LKAB (Luosssavaara-Kiirunavaara AB), a state-owned ...
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Europe
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2007-03-14 | Author:John H. Lorentz
-N- NADER SHAH (Ruled 1736-1747). In 1722, Afghan tribesmen invaded Persia and captured the capital city of Isfahan, dealing a fatal blow to the once glorious but now faltering Safavid ...
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Middle East
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2009-03-14 | Author:Alastair H. Thomas
KAAS, NIELS (1534-1594). Politician. Of a noble family, he studied history and public law abroad. He became a secretary in the chancellery and in 1570-94 was a member of the ...
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Europe
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 1998-03-14 | Author:Julian F. Pas
Adopted by the Taoist priests, the Lo River Writing has become an interesting symbol and ritual instrument. It represents the floor plan within the sacred area (t’an) of the temple ...
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Historical Study & Educational Resources
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-03-14 | Author:Nichola Dobson [Dobson, Nichola]
– I – INDIA. See ASIA. INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC (ILM). Part of the Lucas Films Company founded in 1977 by director George Lucas to create the visual effects for ...
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Graphic Design
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-12-09 | Author:Van John Sant & Peter Mauch & Yoneyuki Sugita
– K – KAGOSHIMA BOMBARDMENT. In August 1863, a British squadron of seven ships bombarded Kagoshima, the capital city of Satsuma domain, in retaliation for the murder the previous year ...
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Americas
March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2006-03-14 | Author:Bruce M. Lockhart & William J. Duiker
MERLIN, MARTIAL (1860–1935). Governor-general of French Indochina from 1923 to 1925. A former governor in French West Africa, he was relatively conservative in his views on colonial rule and initiated ...
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Asia
March 24,2020 )
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