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Namibia Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Namibia Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy National Security Foreign Relations U.S.-Namibian Relations PEOPLENamibians…

San Diego

(Encyclopedia) San DiegoSan Diegosăn dēāˈgō [key], city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La…

Salzburg

(Encyclopedia) SalzburgSalzburgzältsˈb&oobreve;rk [key], province (1991 pop. 482,365), c.2,760 sq mi (7,150 sq km), W central Austria, bordering Germany in the north and northwest. It is a…

Great Awakening

(Encyclopedia) Great Awakening, series of religious revivals that swept over the American colonies about the middle of the 18th cent. It resulted in doctrinal changes and influenced social and…

Gregory I, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Gregory I, Saint (Saint Gregory the Great), c.540–604, pope (590–604), a Roman; successor of Pelagius II. A Doctor of the Church, he was distinguished for his spiritual and temporal…

Hamburg, city, Germany

(Encyclopedia) Hamburg Hamburg hämˈb&oobreve;rkh [key], officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and…

Young, Brigham

(Encyclopedia) Young, BrighamYoung, Brighambrĭgˈəm [key], 1801–77, American religious leader, early head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, b. Whitingham, Vt. Brigham Young was…

Vatican Council, Second

(Encyclopedia) Vatican Council, Second, popularly called Vatican II, 1962–65, the 21st ecumenical council (see council, ecumenical) of the Roman Catholic Church, convened by Pope John XXIII and…

1986 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“Higher Love,” Steve WinwoodAlbum of the YearGraceland, Paul Simon (Warner Bros.)Song of the Year“That's What Friends Are For,” Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager,…