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World's Most Expensive Cities, 2007

The survey measures the comparative cost of over 200 items in each location, including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods, and entertainment. Produced by Mercer, a global human…

World's Most Expensive Cities, 2008

The data in this table reflects a survey measuring the comparative cost of over 200 items in each location, including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods, and…

August 1999 News and Events

1999 News Month-By-Month World China Launches Long-Range Missile (Aug. 2): Announcement is unusual. Beijing attacks U.S. for sale of military equipment to Taiwan in middle of crisis. NATO…

lace

(Encyclopedia) lace, patterned openwork fabric made by plaiting, knotting, looping, or twisting. The finest lace is made from linen thread. Handmade laces include needlepoint and bobbin lace, tatting…

Bolshevism and Menshevism

(Encyclopedia) Bolshevism and MenshevismBolshevism and Menshevismbōlˈshəvĭzəm, bŏlˈ–, mĕnˈshəvĭzəm [key], the two main branches of Russian socialism from 1903 until the consolidation of the Bolshevik…

Russia Annexes Crimea

Putin Moves to Reclaim Region After Referendum Vladimir PutinRelated Links Ukraine Country Profile Crimea Vladimir Putin Country…

Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of December 6, 2021

It’s been a busy week, from more Omicron variant cases to tornadoes ravaging the US. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top four stories of the week.…

Islamic State

(Encyclopedia) Islamic State (IS), Sunni Islamic militant group committed to the establishment of an Islamic caliphate that would unite Muslims in a transnational, strict-fundamentalist Islamic state…

cathedral

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Floor plan of a cathedral cathedral, church in which a bishop presides. The designation is not dependent on the size or magnificence of a church edifice, but is entirely a…