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Alliance for Progress
(Encyclopedia) Alliance for Progress, Span. Alianza para el Progreso, U.S. assistance program for Latin America begun in 1961 during the presidency of John F. Kennedy. It was created principally to…Huerta, Victoriano
(Encyclopedia) Huerta, VictorianoHuerta, Victorianovēktōryäˈnō [key], 1854–1916, Mexican general and president (1913–14). He served under Porfirio Díaz. After the revolution of Francisco I. Madero (…Jenin
(Encyclopedia) JeninJeninjĕˈnēn [key], town (2003 est. pop. 34,000), West Bank, at the southern entrance to the Esdraelon Valley and on the northern edge of the Samarian Highlands. It is an important…Reyes, Alfonso
(Encyclopedia) Reyes, AlfonsoReyes, Alfonsoälfônˈsō rāˈyĕs [key], 1889–1959, Mexican writer, diplomat, and educator. Reyes is generally recognized as one of the greatest Spanish-American writers of…Sánchez Cerén, Salvador
(Encyclopedia) Sánchez Cerén, SalvadorSánchez Cerén, Salvadorsälvädōrˈ [key]Sánchez Cerén, Salvador, [key]Sánchez Cerén, Salvador sänˈchās [key]Sánchez Cerén, Salvador sĕrēnˈ [key], 1944–, Salvadoran…Petrie, Sir William Matthew Flinders
(Encyclopedia) Petrie, Sir William Matthew FlindersPetrie, Sir William Matthew Flinderspēˈtrē [key], 1853–1942, English archaeologist, a noted Egyptologist. He excavated ancient remains in Britain (…Coptic art
(Encyclopedia) Coptic art, Christian art in the upper Nile valley of Egypt. Reaching its mature phase in the late 5th and 6th cent., the development of Coptic art was interrupted by the Arab conquest…Warner, John William III
(Encyclopedia) Warner, John William III, 1927-2021, U.S. politician, b. Washington, D.C., Washington and Lee Univ. (B.A., 1949), Univ. of Va. School…Blue Nile
(Encyclopedia) Blue Nile, Arab. Bahr el Azraq, river, c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, the chief headstream of the Nile, rising in Lake Tana, NW Ethiopia, at an altitude of c.6,000 ft (1,800 m). It flows…Richard Crawford WHITE, Congress, TX (1923-1998)
WHITE Richard Crawford , a Representative from Texas; born in El Paso, Tex., April 29, 1923; graduated from Dudley Primary School, and the El Paso High School, and the Citizen's Military Training…Trending
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