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121Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… …
122Belgium — • Information on the history, education, and cemeteries of the country Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Belgium Belgium † …
123Prime Minister of the United Kingdom — Infobox minister office border = parliamentary minister = prime title = Prime Minister jurisdiction = the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland incumbent = Gordon Brown tookoffice = 27 June 2007 appointed by = Elizabeth II monarch …
124Althing — The Alþingi, Anglicized variously as Althing or Althingi , is the national parliament literally, “(the) all thing ” of Iceland. It was founded in 930 at Þingvellir, (the assembly fields or Parliament Plains ), situated some 45 km east of what… …
125Regulatory taking — refers to a situation in which a government regulates a property to such a degree that the regulation effectively amounts to an exercise of the government s eminent domain power without actually divesting the property s owner of title to the… …
126Recognition of same-sex unions in Maryland — Legal recognition of same sex relationships Marriage Argentina Belgium Canada Iceland Netherlands Norway Portugal South Africa Spain Sweden …
127Comprehensive campaign — A comprehensive campaign is labor union organizing or a collective bargaining campaign with a heavy focus on research, the use of community coalition building, publicity and public pressure, political and regulatory pressure, and economic and… …
128AGUNAH — (Heb. עֲגוּנָה; lit. tied, cf. Ruth 1:13), married woman who for whatsoever reason is separated from her husband and cannot remarry, either because she cannot obtain a divorce from him (see divorce ), or because it is unknown whether he is still… …
