adopted legislation
51Arab Boycott of Israel — An Arab economic boycott was imposed on the Yishuv soon after the founding of the Arab League (League of Arab States) in 1945 and maintained by the Arab states against Israel since the establishment of the state. The boycott had primary,… …
52Seveso — /səˈvɛsoʊ/ (say suh vesoh) noun a town in Italy, north of Milan in the Lombardy region; site of an industrial accident in 1976 which exposed the community to high levels of dioxin. The accident at Seveso occurred in a factory manufacturing… …
53antitrust laws — Legislation designed to encourage an *efficient market. Antitrust laws are intended to combat the activities of *monopolies and *cartels, and to enhance *competition in a market. Antitrust laws originated in the United States: The Sherman… …
54Embargo Act — Legislation by the U.S. Congress in December 1807 that closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain. The act was Pres. Thomas Jefferson s response to British and French interference with neutral U.S. merchant ships during… …
55education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
56United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
57Social Protection — ▪ 2006 Introduction With medical costs skyrocketing and government programs scaled back, citizens bore more responsibility for their health care costs; irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling posed challenges for… …
58France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
59Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
60Russia — /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… …
