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101Domett, Alfred — ▪ prime minister of New Zealand born May 20, 1811, Camberwell, Surrey, Eng. died Nov. 2, 1887, London writer, poet, politician, and prime minister of New Zealand (1862–63), whose idealization of the Maori in his writings contrasts with his… …
102Holt, Harold — ▪ prime minister of Australia born Aug. 5, 1908, Sydney died Dec. 17, 1967, near Portsea, Victoria, Australia prime minister of Australia (1966–67) who supported U.S. policies in Vietnam and sponsored the visit to Australia of Lyndon B. Johnson …
103Sturdza, Dimitrie Alexandru — ▪ prime minister of Romania born March 10, 1833, Miclăuşeni, Moldavia [now in Romania] died Oct. 21, 1914, Bucharest, Rom. Romanian statesman who four times served as prime minister of Romania and played a prominent role in national affairs …
104Whitlam, Gough — ▪ prime minister of Australia in full Edward Gough Whitlam born July 11, 1916, Kew, Vic., Austl. Australian politician and lawyer whose unsuccessful premiership (1972–75) of his country ended when he was dismissed by the governor general.… …
105Lenin, Vladimir Ilich — ▪ prime minister of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Introduction original name Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov born April 10 [April 22, New Style], 1870, Simbirsk, Russia died Jan. 21, 1924, Gorki [later Gorki Leninskiye], near Moscow founder of… …
106Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
107United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
108France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
109international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
110japan — 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,… …
