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1Countermanded — Countermand Coun ter*mand (koun t[ e]r*m[.a]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Countermanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Countermanding}.] [F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. {Mandate}.] 1. To revoke (a former command);… …
2countermanded — coun·ter·mand || ‚kaÊŠntÉ™ mÉ‘Ënd v. cancel an order …
3A Bell for Adano (novel) — Infobox Book | name = A Bell for Adano image caption = A Bell for Adano first edition cover author = John Hersey country = United States language = English genre = War novel publisher = Alfred A. Knopf pub date = 1944 media type = Print… …
4Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque — Infobox Military Person name=Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque caption=Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque by Jan Baptist van der Hulst born=September 22, 1773 died=June 12, 1850 placeofbirth=Genève placeofdeath=Schönfeld (Silesia) allegiance=United… …
5Colorado Labor Wars — Colorado s most significant battles between labor and capital occurred primarily between miners and mine operators. In these battles the state government, with one clear exception, always took the side of the mine operators. Additional… …
6Battle of Preston (1648) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Battle of Preston caption=Battle of Preston 1648 partof=the Second English Civil War date= 17 August ndash; 19 August 1648 place= Preston north of Warrington, Lancashire result= Decisive Parliamentarian victory …
7RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 — ( QE2 ) is a Cunard Line ocean liner named after the earlier Cunard liner RMS|Queen Elizabeth, which in turn was named after Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, the Queen consort of George VI. She was the flagship of the line from 1969 until succeeded by… …
8Confiscation Act of 1861 — The Confiscation Act of 1862 was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting the confiscation of any of property, including slaves, being used to support the Confederate insurrection. The bill passed the House… …
9Mehmed II — byname Mehmed the Conqueror born March 30, 1432, Adrianople, Thrace, Ottoman Empire died May 3, 1481, near Constantinople Ottoman sultan (1444–46, 1451–81). His father, Murad II, abdicated in his favour when Mehmed was 12 but reclaimed the throne …
10Deutsche Mark — DEM redirects here. For other uses, see DEM (disambiguation). This article is about the Deutsche Mark issued by the Federal Republic of Germany. For the Deutsche Mark issued by the German Democratic Republic, see East German Mark. Deutsche Mark… …
