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101alcohol consumption — Introduction the drinking of beverages containing ethyl alcohol. alcoholic beverages are consumed largely for their physiological and psychological effects, but they are often consumed within specific social contexts and may even be a part of… …
102Bismarck, Otto von — ▪ German chancellor and prime minister Introduction in full Otto Eduard Leopold, Fürst (prince) von Bismarck, Graf (count) von Bismarck Schönhausen, Herzog (duke) von Lauenburg born April 1, 1815, Schönhausen, Altmark, Prussia [Germany] died… …
103Der Gute Mensch von Sezuan — (THE GOOD PERSON OF SETZUAN) by Bertolt Brecht. Premiered 1943. Three gods appear in the imaginary Chinese city of Setzuan searching for a good person. They find no one of that description until they encounter the prostitute Shen Te, who offers… …
104History of Moldova — This article is part of a series Antiquity …
105Exchange value — In political economy and especially Marxian economics, exchange value refers to one of four major attributes of a commodity, i.e., an item or service produced for, and sold on, the market. The other three aspects are use value, value and price.… …
106Stafford Cripps — The Right Honourable Sir Stafford Cripps FRS Chancellor of the Exchequer In office 13 November 1947 – 19 October 1950 …
107Renewable energy in China — China’s rapid economic growth and heavy reliance on increasingly expensive foreign oil, the vast environmental toll that is one of the most apparent costs of China s economic success, persistent rural poverty in China and periodic power shortages …
108social class — Sociol. a broad group in society having common economic, cultural, or political status. * * * ▪ social differentiation also called class a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status. Besides being… …
109DAMASCUS — DAMASCUS, capital of Syria; in olden times a caravan center at an oasis in Southern Syria, on the principal crossroads between Mesopotamia Syria and Palestine Transjordan. In the Bible The name appears as דַּמֶּשֶׂק Dammesek (but once as… …
110PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY — (PA, the Palestinian designation being Palestinian National Authority), semi official, self governing Palestinian body established in May 1994 in accordance with the Israel PLO Declaration of Principles (DOP) signed on September 13, 1993 on… …
