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61Kaczynski, Jaroslaw, and Kaczynski, Lech — ▪ 2007 It was not exactly a surprise when, on July 10, 2006, Lech Kaczynski, president of Poland, appointed his twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, as prime minister. When the brothers Law and Justice (PiS) party won a plurality in the… …
62Kaczyński, Lech — ▪ president of Poland born June 18, 1949, Warsaw, Pol. politician who served as president of Poland (2005– ). Kaczyński and his identical twin, Jarosław, were sons of Rajmund Kaczyński, a soldier who fought the German occupation of… …
63Subei Canal — ▪ canal, China Chinese (Pinyin) Subei Guangai Zong Qu or (Wade Giles romanization) Su pei kuan kai tsung Ch ü, English Northern Jiangsu Main Irrigation Canal canal in Jiangsu (Kiangsu) province, eastern China, designed to provide a… …
64Dialectic — • Greek dialektike (techne or methodos), the dialectic art or method, from dialegomai I converse, discuss, dispute; as noun also dialectics; as adjective, dialectical Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dialectic Dialectic …
65Pskov Oblast — An administrative region of the Russian Federation. The westernmost contiguous region of the Russian Federation, Pskov Oblast borders the European Union countries of Estonia and Latvia, as well as Belarus, making it the only region to… …
66environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
67Egypt — /ee jipt/, n. 1. Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 64,791,891; 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Cap.: Cairo. Arabic, Misr. Formerly (1958 71), United Arab Republic. 2. an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta… …
68United 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… …
69Ba'ath Party — For the Party s predecessor named Ba ath , see Arab Ba ath Movement. Arab Socialist Ba ath Party حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Founded …
70literature — /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.… …
