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11Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
12HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
13Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
14Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
15native American — native American, adj. a person born in the United States. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal American, or First Nation… …
16Native American — Indian (def. 1). Usage. See Indian, Eskimo. * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal A …
17Poncke Princen — Johan Cornelis Princen (November 21, 1925, The Hague – February 22, 2002, Jakarta), better known as Poncke Princen, was a Dutch anti Nazi fighter and colonial soldier. In 1948, he deserted, joined the pro independence guerrillas in the then Dutch …
18United 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… …
19Poncke Princen — Johan Cornelis Princen (21 novembre 1925, La Haye – 22 février 2002, Jakarta), familièrement appelé Poncke Princen, était un résistant anti nazi néerlandais et un soldat de l armée néerlandaise. En 1948, alors qu il était soldat dans le corps… …
20Hippie — For the British TV show, see Hippies (TV series). For the Harlem album, see Hippies (album). Hippie giving a peace sign, Los Angeles, 1969 The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid 1960s… …
