to intervene (with sb) on sb's behalf
41Massacres during the Greek Revolution — Eugène Delacroix s Massacre of Chios There were numerous massacres during the Greek War of Independence perpetrated by both the Greek revolutionaries and the Ottoman forces. The war was characterized by a lack of respect for civilian life and… …
42NESARA — is an acronym for the proposed National Economic Security and Reformation Act, a set of economic reforms suggested during the 1990s by Harvey Francis Barnard. Barnard claimed that the proposals, which included replacing the income tax with a… …
43Overdale, Montreal — Overdale was a small residential district in downtown Montreal which became a famous symbol of the struggle between urban conservationists and land developers. In the mid 1980s two developers, Robert Landau and Douglas Cohen operating under an… …
44ST. LOUIS, VOYAGE OF THE — In 1938 and 1939, the Nazi regime intensified its efforts to force Germany s Jews to emigrate by using terror, discriminatory legislation, and the expropriation of property. Tens of thousands of Jews lined up at foreign consulates to obtain visas …
45Dráp Niflunga — Attila the Hun (Atli) gets his revenge by killing the lords of the Burgundians in this section of the Poetic Edda. The Dráp Niflunga is a short prose section in the Poetic Edda between Helreið Brynhildar and Guðrúnarkviða II. Henry Adams Bellows… …
46Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1976 — Democratic Presidential Primaries, 1976 1972 ← 1976 → 1980 …
47intercede — v 1. mediate, negotiate, intermediate, arbitrate, moderate; interpose, step in, intervene; reconcile, propitiate, appease, make peace, pacify, meet halfway; act for, represent, involve with, act in one s behalf, use one s good offices; umpire,… …
48international 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… …
49china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
50China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
