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41Atlantic Charter, 1941 — As U.S. assistance to Great Britain increased following the Lend Lease Act, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill met in Argentia Bay off Newfoundland in August 1941 to agree on common principles. On 14… …
42Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller — Infobox Person name= Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller imagesize = 225 px caption= Dr. Hendrik P.N. Muller birth date= birth date|1859|4|2|df=y birth place= Rotterdam, The Netherlands dead=dead death date= death date and age|1941|8|11|1859|4|2|df=y… …
43international law — the body of rules that nations generally recognize as binding in their conduct toward one another. Also called law of nations. Cf. private international law, public international law. [1830 40] * * * Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that …
44First Stadtholderless Period — The First Stadtholderless Period or Era (1650 1672) (Dutch Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk ) is the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which it reached the zenith of its economic, military and political Golden Age. The term has… …
45ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
46maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally. [1860 65] * * * or admiralty law or admiralty Body of legal rules that governs ships and shipping. One early compilation of maritime regulations is… …
47Commonwealth realm — The Commonwealth realms, shown in blue. Former Commonwealth realms are shown in red. A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state.[1] …
48Pre-1945 ideas on European unity — The idea of European unity is a historically recent idea. The word Europe originally referred to the south eastern part of Europe, in the same way that Asia originally referred to western Anatolia, and Africa referred to northern Africa, and it… …
49Ronald Reagan bibliography — The Ronald Reagan Bibliography includes major books and articles about President Ronald Reagan and his policies.Biographies* Benze, Jr. James G. Nancy Reagan: On the White House Stage (2005), University Press of Kansas * Cannon, Lou. President… …
50Nicaragua v. United States — The Republic of Nicaragua v. The United States of America[1] was a 1984 case of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in which the ICJ ruled in favor of Nicaragua and against the United States and awarded reparations to Nicaragua. The ICJ held …
