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Occupy Wall Street

Why Wall Street occupied so many minds in 2011 by Jennie Wood Poster Credit: Adbusters Related Links Labor and EmploymentEconomy 101Occupy Wall StreetWomen's Rights…

Hamer, Fannie Lou

(Encyclopedia) Hamer, Fannie Lou, 1917–1977, U.S. voting rights activist and civil rights leader, b. Montgomery County, Miss. Fannie Lou Hamer was the…

U.S. News: Occupy One Year Later

Major U.S. news stories, from the 2012 Presidential Election to the Chicago Teacher's Strike Official Occupy Wall Street Poster Poster Credit: AdbustersRelated…

June 2020 Current Events: US News

Top of Page Science and Technology News | Disaster News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…

Hunter Valley

(Encyclopedia) Hunter Valley, region of New South Wales, SE Australia. The Hunter River and its tributaries occupy this valley S of the Mt. Royal Range. The land in the upper valley is used for…

Japheth

(Encyclopedia) JaphethJaphethjāˈfĕth [key], in the Bible, son of Noah and ancestor of those who were to occupy the isles of the Gentiles. This has been supposed to mean the Mediterranean lands of…

Boston Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Boston Mountains, most rugged part of the Ozarks, NW Ark. and E Okla., rising to 2,700 ft (823 m). Isolated because of its geographical makeup, the region developed its own lifestyle;…

Cinco de Mayo

(Encyclopedia) Cinco de Mayo, May 5, the anniversary of Mexico's victory over France in 1862 in the Battle of Puebla, in which Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza's small, ill-equipped Mexican forces defeated a…

Adrianople, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia) Adrianople, Treaty of, also called Treaty of Edirne, 1829, peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire (see Russo-Turkish Wars). Turkey gave Russia access to the mouths of the…