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41Foreign internal defense — (FID) is used by a number of Western militaries, explicitly by the United States but sharing ideas with countries including France and the United Kingdom, to describe an approach to combating actual or threatened insurgency in a foreign state… …
42List of speech recognition software — Modern Speech recognition software enables a single computer user to speak text and/or commands to the computer, largely, but not entirely, bypassing the use of the keyboard and mouse interface.The idea has been portrayed in science fiction for… …
43Pierre le Laborieux — Pierre le laboureur Page extraite d un Psautier du XIVe siècle, avec des drolleries sur la marge de droite et un laboureur en bas Piers Plowman (en français, Pierre le Laborieux ou le Laboureur) ou Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman (La Vision de… …
44election — /i lek sheuhn/, n. 1. the selection of a person or persons for office by vote. 2. a public vote upon a proposition submitted. 3. the act of electing. 4. Theol. the choice by God of individuals, as for a particular work or for favor or salvation.… …
45Ethiopia — /ee thee oh pee euh/, n. 1. Formerly, Abyssinia. a republic in E Africa: formerly a monarchy. 58,732,577; 409,266 sq. mi. (1,060,000 sq. km). Present boundaries include Eritrea. Cap.: Addis Ababa. 2. Also called Abyssinia. an ancient region in NE …
46japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
47Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
48harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled harbor any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …
49Digest of Operation Overlord — ▪ Primary Source This document, the first comprehensive outline of what was to become the Normandy Invasion, was prepared in the summer of 1943 under the supervision of Frederick Morgan, chief of staff to the supreme allied commander (who had not …
50St. Charles Borromeo — St. Charles Borromeo † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Charles Borromeo St. Charles Borromeo Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Priest of the Title of St. Prassede, Papal Secretary of State under Pius IV, and one of the chief factors in the… …
