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121arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
122legal ethics — Introduction principles of conduct that members of the legal profession are expected to observe in their practice. They are an outgrowth of the development of the legal profession itself. Background Practitioners of law emerged when… …
123Western Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across… …
124James Buchanan: The Impending Disruption of the Union — ▪ Primary Source During the critical four months that intervened between Abraham Lincoln s election in November 1860 and his inauguration in March 1861, President James Buchanan, a Democrat, was faced with the problem of secession. The… …
125BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH — (Heb. masc. בַּר מִצְוָה, fem. בַּת מִצְוָה; lit. son/daughter of the commandment, i.e., a person under obligation, responsible), term denoting both the attainment of religious and legal maturity as well as the occasion at which this status is… …
126Miles Davis — Photo of Davis in 1955 taken by Tom Palumbo Background information Birth name Miles Dewey Davis III …
127Mediation — For the Wikipedia mediation process for resolving disputes, see Wikipedia:Mediation. For other uses, see Mediation (disambiguation) …
128Megadeth — live 2010 Background information Origin Los Angeles, California, United States …
