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51Antioch — Antiochian /an tee oh kee euhn/, n., adj. /an tee ok /, n. 1. Arabic, Antakiya. Turkish, Antakya. a city in S Turkey: capital of the ancient kingdom of Syria 300 64 B.C. 66,520. 2. a city in W California. 43,559. * * * Turkish Antakya City (pop …
52Botha, P(ieter) W(illem) — born Jan. 12, 1916, Paul Roux, S.Af. Prime minister (1978–84) and first state president (1984–89) of South Africa. Elected to parliament as a National Party candidate in 1948, Botha served in several subsequent posts before replacing John Vorster …
53Myanmar (Burma) — ▪ 2009 Area: 676,577 sq km (261,228 sq mi) Population (2008 est.): 47,758,000 Capital: Naypyidaw (site near Pyinmana) Head of state and government: Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Gen. Than Shwe, assisted by Prime Minister… …
54Allende, Salvador — ▪ president of Chile in full Salvador Allende Gossens born July 26, 1908, Valparaíso, Chile died Sept. 11, 1973, Santiago Chile s first socialist president. Allende, born into an upper middle class family, received his medical degree in… …
55Tsankov, Aleksandŭr — ▪ prime minister of Bulgaria born 1879, Oriakhova, Bulg. died July 17, 1959, Belgrano, Arg. politician, prime minister of Bulgaria (1923–26) during years of great domestic unrest and violence. Tsankov studied law at Sofia University,… …
56incline — in|cline1 [ ın klaın ] verb FORMAL 1. ) intransitive or transitive to slope in a particular direction, or to make something do this: The land inclines gradually downward toward the Simpson Desert. 2. ) intransitive to tend to behave in a… …
57George IV, King of Great Britain — (1762–1830) Prince Regent, and later King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He served in the capacity of regent from 1811 when the madness of his father, George III, rendered him unfit to continue as sovereign. Politically,… …
58incline — I UK [ɪnˈklaɪn] / US verb Word forms incline : present tense I/you/we/they incline he/she/it inclines present participle inclining past tense inclined past participle inclined formal 1) a) [intransitive] to tend to behave in a particular way or… …
59Metternich, Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of — (1773–1859) Born in Koblenz, Metternich was the offspring of a Rhenish noble house that had worked its way up the rungs of titled distinction in the Holy Roman Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries. Like his father, he entered diplomatic… …
60china — /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 …
