as recently as a quarter of a century ago

  • 1MODERN TIMES – FROM THE 1880S TO THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY — introduction effects of anti jewish discrimination in russia pogroms and mass emigration german jewry racism and antisemitism The Economic Crisis of the Early 1930s In Soviet Russia after 1917 new types of social organization contribution to… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 2ABBA — Infobox musical artist Name = ABBA Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Stockholm, Sweden Genre = Pop Glam rock Europop/Disco Synth pop Soft rock Years active = 1972 – Early 1983 Label = Polar (Sweden)… …

    Wikipedia

  • 3property law — Introduction       principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …

    Universalium

  • 4Bill Moyers — Bill Moyers, 2005 13th White House Press Secretary In office July 8, 1965 – January 1967 President …

    Wikipedia

  • 5Liam Fox — This article is about the British MP. For the Scottish footballer, see Liam Fox (footballer). The Right Honourable Liam Fox MP …

    Wikipedia

  • 6Ingrid Pitt — Infobox actor name = Ingrid Pitt imagesize = caption = birthname = birthdate = Bda|1937|11|21 birthplace = Poland deathdate = deathplace = othername = occupation = Actor, writer spouse = Ingrid Pitt (born November 21, 1937) is an actress best… …

    Wikipedia

  • 7Walter Willison — Infobox actor name = Walter Willison imagesize = caption = birthname = birthdate = 24 June, 1947 birthplace = Monterey Park, California, USA deathdate = deathplace = othername = occupation = yearsactive = 1968 to present spouse = domesticpartner …

    Wikipedia

  • 8France — /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.… …

    Universalium

  • 9literature — /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.… …

    Universalium

  • 10china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

    Universalium