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Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 3
Section III Occupied Territories Article 47 Protected persons who are in occupied territory shall not be deprived, in any case or in any manner whatsoever, of the benefits of the…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 5
Section V Information Bureaux and Central Agency Article 136 Upon the outbreak of a conflict and in all cases of occupation, each of the Parties to the conflict shall establish…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part IV, Section 1
Part IV Execution of the Convention Section I General Provisions Article 142 Subject to the measures which the Detaining Powers may consider essential to ensure their…contour
(Encyclopedia) contour or contour line, line on a topographic map connecting points of equal elevation above or below mean sea level. It is thus a kind of isopleth, or line of equal quantity. Contour…Miami Beach
(Encyclopedia) Miami Beach, city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. Miami Beach is…New Thought
(Encyclopedia) New Thought, popular philosophical movement with religious implications; it affirms “the creative power of constructive thinking.” A successor of New England transcendentalism, New…Hague Tribunal
(Encyclopedia) Hague Tribunal, popular name for the Permanent Court of Arbitration established in 1899 by a convention of the First Hague Peace Conference to facilitate arbitration and other forms of…heraldry
(Encyclopedia) heraldry, system in which inherited symbols, or devices, called charges are displayed on a shield, or escutcheon, for the purpose of identifying individuals or families. In the Middle…Duras, Marguerite
(Encyclopedia) Duras, MargueriteDuras, Margueritemärgərētˈ düräsˈ [key], 1914–96, French author, b. Gia Dinh, Indochina (now Vietnam). Usually grouped with the exponents of the nouveau roman [new…Sherman, John
(Encyclopedia) Sherman, John, 1823–1900, American statesman, b. Lancaster, Ohio; brother of William Tecumseh Sherman. He studied law, was admitted (1844) to the bar, and practiced law several years…Trending
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