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1RUSSIA: Russia's Democratic Election — ▪ 1997 When campaigning opened at the beginning of 1996, Pres. Boris Yeltsin s popularity was close to zero. He himself did not at first want to run, since he had spent several months in 1995 convalescing after two heart attacks. Panic… …
2Ontario general election, 2003 — 1999 ← members October 2, 2003 → 2007 …
3U.S. Election of 2008 — ▪ 2009 by David C. Beckwith In a national election laden with historical significance, Barack Hussein Obama (Obama, Barack ) captured a decisive majority in the 2008 balloting to become the 44th president of the United States; he was scheduled to …
4Greenwich by-election, 1987 — The Greenwich by election of 1987 was a closely fought by election often credited with boosting the SDP Liberal Alliance shortly before the 1987 general election. The election was caused by the death of Guy Barnett, Labour Party Member of… …
5literature — /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.… …
6Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
7Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
8Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
9performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
10United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
