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81concord — concordal, adj. /kon kawrd, kong /, n. 1. agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; concurrence in attitudes, feelings, etc.; unanimity; accord: There was complete concord among the delegates. 2. agreement between things; mutual fitness;… …
82Concord — /kong keuhrd/ for 1, 2, 5, 6; /kon kawrd, kong / for 3, 4; for 5, 6 also /kon kawrd, kong /, n. 1. a town in E Massachusetts, NW of Boston: second battle of the Revolution fought here April 19, 1775. 16,293. 2. a city in W California, near San… …
83Chadian–Libyan conflict — Chadian Libyan conflict Chadian soldiers in a Toyota pickup modified into a technical …
84Uzbekistan — /ooz bek euh stan , stahn , uz /, n. a republic in S central Asia. 23,860,452; 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Cap.: Tashkent. Formerly, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Uzbekistan Introduction Uzbekistan Background: Russia conquered… …
85Introduction — When Burma (Myanmar) achieved independence from British colonial rule in 1948, many observers viewed it with its high standards of education and abundant natural resources as one of the Asian countries most likely to achieve economic… …
86cyprus — /suy preuhs/, n. Obs. cypress2. * * * Cyprus Introduction Cyprus Background: Independence from the UK was approved in 1960 with constitutional guarantees by the Greek Cypriot majority to the Turkish Cypriot minority. In 1974, a Greek sponsored… …
87Cyprus — /suy preuhs/, n. an island republic in the Mediterranean, S of Turkey: formerly a British colony; independent since 1960. 752,808; 3572 sq. mi. (9250 sq. km). Cap.: Nicosia. * * * Cyprus Introduction Cyprus Background: Independence from the UK… …
88Falkland Islands — /fawk leuhnd/ a self governing British colony also claimed by Argentina: site of a war between the two nations in 1982. 2000; 4618 sq. mi. (11,961 sq. km). Also called Falklands. Spanish, Islas Malvinas. * * * Spanish Islas Malvinas British self… …
89Lower Fort Garry — was built in 1831 by the Hudson s Bay Company on the western bank of the Red River, twenty miles north of the original Fort Garry, which is now Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is the oldest intact stone fort in North America, and treaty number one was… …
90Chamizal National Memorial — IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) …
