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  • 71Partito Radicale — Radical Party (PR)    The PR was founded in 1955 by a group of intellectuals drawn from among the disaffected within the Partito Liberale Italiano/Italian Liberal Party (PLI) who had grown impatient with the economic conservatism of Giovanni… …

    Historical Dictionary of modern Italy

  • 72Partito Socialista Italiano — Italian Socialist Party (PSI)    The PSI was founded, under the name “Italian Workers’ Party,” in Genoa in 1892. In its early years, the party was dominated by Filippo Turati and his companion, Anna Kuliscioff. Turati’s reformist socialism came… …

    Historical Dictionary of modern Italy

  • 73Horn, The — by John Clellon Holmes (1958)    The Horn is John Clellon Holmes’s masterpiece, his most internationally popular novel, and one of the most underappreciated classics of the Beat Generation. The idea for the novel, originally called “The Afternoon …

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  • 74PERU — PERU, republic in South America; general population (2005) 27,000,000, Jewish population (2004) 2,600. Colonial Period The discovery of Peru and its mineral potential attracted a large number of crypto jews known as Portuguese, who disregarded… …

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  • 75Social mobility — Sociology …

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  • 76literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 77china — /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 …

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  • 78China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 79UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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  • 80Baby boomer — For the video game, see Baby Boomer (video game). Further information: Post World War II baby boom A baby boomer is a person who was born during the demographic Post World War II baby boom and who grew up during the period between 1946 and… …

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