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121Argentina — /ahr jeuhn tee neuh/; Sp. /ahrdd hen tee nah/, n. a republic in S South America. 35,797,536; 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Cap.: Buenos Aires. Also called the Argentine. Official name, Argentine Republic. * * * Argentina Introduction… …
122Reconstruction Era of the United States — In the history of the United States, the term Reconstruction Era has two senses: the first covers the entire nation in the period 1865–1877 following the Civil War; the second one, used in this article, covers the transformation of the Southern… …
123THE EMERGENCE OF STATES — Mesopotamia was highly able to absorb new populations, but the process was by no means smooth and unproblematic because it demanded considerable social adjustment to settled and urban life. Although scholarly sources always stress cultural… …
124Nazi Party — National Socialist German Workers Party Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei …
125Somalia — Somali Republic Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya جمهورية الصومال Jumhūriyyat as Sūmāl …
126Pope Gregory VII — Infobox Pope English name=Gregory VII birth name=Ildebrando di Soana term start=April 22, 1073 term end=May 25, 1085 predecessor=Alexander II successor=Victor III birth date=c. 1020 birthplace=Sovana, Italy dead=dead|death date=death… …
127Economic growth — GDP real growth rates, 1990–1998 and 1990–2006, in selected countries …
128Health care reform in the United States — ] Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 16% of GDP. [http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/25 NHE Fact Sheet.asp#TopOfPage National Health Expenditure Data: NHE Fact Sheet, ] Centers for Medicare and Medicaid… …
