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11Long March — Changzheng redirects here. For the Chinese rockets, see Long March (rocket family). For the forced march undertaken by prisoners of war in 1945 sometimes known as Long March , see The March (1945). Long March …
12BattleTech — Classic BattleTech logo BattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise[1] launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps.[2] The series began with FASA s debut of the b …
13Cesare Pavese — Cesare Pavese, il poeta Born 9 September 1908(1908 09 09) Santo Stefano Belbo Died 27 August 1950(1950 08 27) (aged 41) …
14Derebey — A derebey (Turkish: valley lord) was a feudal lord in Anatolia in the 18th century, with considerable independence from the central government of the Ottoman Empire. Derebeys were required to provide military assistance in time of war, but ruled… …
15New Times (politics) — New Times was a short lived intellectual movement among leftists in Great Britain. It was centred on the Eurocommunist faction of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), and most of the intellectual groundwork for the movement was laid out… …
16USS Wharton (AP-7) — was a troop transport and hospital ship in the service of the United States Navy during World War II. Originally built for the Munson Steamship Line as the passenger cargo liner SS Southern Cross in 1921, she was acquired by the Navy as World War …
17Corsica — Corsican, adj., n. /kawr si keuh/, n. an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 220,000; 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Cap.: Ajaccio. French, Corse. * * * French Corse Island (pop., 1999: 260,196) in the… …
18Kostroma — /kos treuh mah /; Russ. /keuh strddu mah /, n. a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga. 255,000. * * * ▪ Russia city and administrative centre of Kostroma oblast (region), western Russia. It lies along the… …
19Spenser, Edmund — born 1552/53, London, Eng. died Jan. 13, 1599, London English poet. Little is known for certain about his life before he entered the University of Cambridge. His first important publication, The Shepheardes Calender (1579), can be called the… …
20Otto of Freising — • Bishop and historian (1111 1158) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Otto of Freising Otto of Freising † …
