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61Criticism of Hugo Chávez — Hugo Chávez is a passionately disputed personality. Supporters view him as a socialist liberator, hailing him for promoting Latin American integration, fighting imperialism and neoliberalism, empowering Venezuela s poor and indigenous communities …
62South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …
63Okinawa Prefecture — Okinawa redirects here. For other uses, see Okinawa (disambiguation). Okinawa Prefecture Japanese transcription(s)  – Japanese 沖縄県  – Rōmaji Okinawa ken Okinawan transcription(s) …
64Calendar of 1998 — ▪ 1999 January January 1 At the stroke of the new year, the Russian ruble is worth a thousand times less than before as three zeros are removed from its value; about six new rubles equal one U.S. dollar. Foreign Minister David Levy… …
65HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
66Fu Manchu — For other uses, see Fu Manchu (disambiguation). Film poster by Mitchell Hooks for 1965 film The Face of Fu Manchu Dr. Fu Manchu is a fictional character introduced in a series of novels by British author Sax Rohmer during the first half of the… …
67Marine salvage — Salvor redirects here. For other uses, see Salvor (disambiguation). Admiralty law …
68New World Disorder — ▪ 1994 by Daniel Schorr My friend Flora Lewis summed up the year 1991 in these pages, with appropriate tentativeness, as a time of transition. She noted the fears and uncertainties that had started cropping up in the wake of the collapse of …
69Tenzin Gyatso — Dalaï lama Tenzin Gyatso en juin 2005. Tenzin Gyatso Nom de naissance Lhamo Dhondup …
70UNITED 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,… …
