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31Los Angeles — /laws an jeuh leuhs, leez , los/ or, often, /laws ang geuh leuhs, leez , los/ a seaport in SW California. 2,966,763; with suburbs 6,997,000; 452 sq. mi. (1170 sq. km). * * * City (pop., 2000: 3,694,820), southern California, U.S. The second… …
32History of Minnesota — Fort Snelling played a pivotal role in Minnesota s history and in development of nearby Minneapolis and Saint Paul The history of the U.S. state of Minnesota is shaped by its original Native American residents, European exploration and settlement …
33Culture of Philadelphia — Philadelphians celebrating Independence Day. 1819. The culture of Philadelphia goes back to 1682 when Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn. Originally inhabited by the Lenape, Philadelphia was envisioned as a place where people… …
34Revolutions of 1989 — Fall of Communism redirects here. For the fall of the Soviet Union, see Dissolution of the Soviet Union. Revolutions of 1989 Top left: Round Table in Warsaw. Top right: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Middle left: Romanian Revolution. Middle right:… …
35Irrigation — For its use in viticulture, see Irrigation in viticulture. For its use in medicine, see Therapeutic irrigation. LEPA redirects here. For the airport serving Palma de Mallorca, Spain, assigned the ICAO code LEPA, see Palma de Mallorca Airport.… …
36Panglong Conference — The Panglong Conference ( my. ပင္လုံစာခ္ယInုပ္), held in February 1947, was an historic meeting that took place at Panglong in the Shan States in Burma between the Shan, Kachin and Chin ethnic minority leaders and Aung San, head of the interim… …
37Steel Workers Organizing Committee — The Steel Workers Organizing Committee was one of two precursor labor organizations to the United Steelworkers. It was formed by the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) in 1936. It disbanded in 1942 to become the United Steel Workers of… …
38japan — 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,… …
39Japan — /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… …
40South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …
