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1Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
2German Revolution of 1918–19 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=German Revolution of 1918 19 caption=A Freikorps group during the German revolution. partof= place=Germany date=November 1918 ndash; 1919 result=Weimar Republic government victory… …
3German Revolution of 1918–1919 — November Revolution redirects here. For the 1974 discovery of charm in physics, see November Revolution (physics). For the revolutions in German Confederacy in 1848, see Revolutions of 1848 in the German states. For the Russian revolution on… …
4Pope Benedict XVI — Benedict XVI Benedict XVI during a general audience in 2010 …
5Giuseppe Garibaldi — Garibaldi redirects here, for other meanings see Garibaldi (disambiguation). Infobox Person name = Giuseppe Garibaldi caption = Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1866. birth date = July 4, 1807 birth place = Nizza, First French Empire death date = death date …
6Jack Vaughn — Jack Hood Vaughn (August 18 1920 ) [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vaughn.html the Political Graveyard. Index to Politicians: Vaughn. ] ] was the second Director of the United States Peace Corps succeeding Sargent Shriver. Vaughn was… …
7literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
8japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
9Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
10performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
