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21Energy Policy and Conservation Act — The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) declared it to be U.S. policy to establish a reserve of up to 1 billion barrels of petroleum. President Gerald Ford signed the legislation on December 22, 1975, setting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve …
22Center for International Policy — The Center for International Policy (CIP), located in Washington DC, was founded in 1975 by diplomats and peace activists in the wake of the Vietnam War. The Center campaigned to ensure that governments human rights records became a factor in the …
23Calendar of 1998 — ▪ 1999 January January 1 At the stroke of the new year, the Russian ruble is worth a thousand times less than before as three zeros are removed from its value; about six new rubles equal one U.S. dollar. Foreign Minister David Levy… …
24Nanban trade — For the Indian film, see Nanban (film). History of Japan The Samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Rome in 1615, Coll. Borghese, Rome. Paleolithic 35,000–14,000 BC Jōmon period 14,000–300 BC …
25Mosaik — is a German comic book. First published in December 1955, it is the longest running German (and European) monthly comic book and the only one originating in East Germany that still exists. Mosaik also appeared in other countries and other… …
26Östen Undén — Bo Östen Undén (Karlstad 25 August 1886 – Stockholm 14 January 1974), J.D., was a Swedish academic, civil servant and Social Democratic politician and acting Prime Minister of Sweden 6 October 1946 11 October 1946 following the death of Per Albin …
27Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background …
28international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
29United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
301973 oil crisis — Further information: 1973 world oil market chronology 1973 Oil Crisis Other names Arab Oil Embargo The 1973 oil crisis started in October 1973, when the members of Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries or the OAPEC (consisting of the …
