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  • 1Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 2Eastern Bloc emigration and defection — Conrad Schumann leaping over barbed wire into West Berlin on August 15, 1961, three days after construction began on the Berlin Wall[1] Eastern Bloc emigration and defection was a point of controversy during the Cold War. After Worl …

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  • 3Europe — /yoor euhp, yerr / for 1; /yoo roh pee, yeuh / for 2, n. 1. a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and… …

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  • 4Central European Initiative — The Central European Initiative or CEI [http://www.ceinet.org] , is a political, economical, cultural and scientific international organisation founded in 1989. It now counts 18 member states: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,… …

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  • 5Central Europe — Central European states and historic lands at times associated with the region Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. The term… …

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  • 6Food and Agriculture Organization — FAO redirects here. For other uses, see FAO (disambiguation). Food and Agriculture Organization o …

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  • 7Straumur Investment Bank — Infobox Company company name = Straumur Burðarás Investment Bank hf. company company type = Public (OMX|ICE5452|STRB) foundation = Reykjavík, Iceland, 1986 (foundation of Hlutabréfasjóðurinn hf. ) location = Reykjavík, Iceland key people =… …

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  • 8Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …

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  • 9Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement — ▪ 2006 Introduction Trials of former heads of state, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain and the death penalty, and high profile cases against former executives of large corporations were leading legal and criminal issues in 2005.… …

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  • 10Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… …

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