setback to peace
1setback — [[t]se̱tbæk[/t]] setbacks also set back N COUNT: oft N for/in/to n A setback is an event that delays your progress or reverses some of the progress that you have made. The move represents a setback for the Middle East peace process... He has… …
2Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye — The Peace of Saint Germain en Laye was a treaty signed August 5, 1570 at the royal Château of Saint Germain en Laye, ending the third of the French Wars of Religion. In the third war, fought between Catholics and Protestants from 1568 to 1570,… …
3Maharishi Peace Palace — The Maharishi Peace Palace in Fairfield, Iowa Maharishi Peace Palace is a type of pre engineered building designed to house the educational and meditational activities of the Transcendental Meditation movement. Each Peace Palace is built using… …
4God, Peace of — Latin Pax Dei a movement led by the medieval church, and later by civil authorities, to protect ecclesiastical property and women, priests, pilgrims, merchants, and other noncombatants from violence from the 10th to the 12th century.… …
5Bedaux Expedition — [ Peace River Country (August 1934)] The Bedaux Expedition also named the Bedaux Canadian Subarctic Expedition was an attempt by eccentric French millionaire, Charles Eugène Bedaux to cross the British Columbia wilderness, while making a movie,… …
6United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
7Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
8United 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… …
9international 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… …
10Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …
