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Saint-Barthélemy
(Encyclopedia) Saint-Barthélemy, island and French overseas collectivity (2010 est. pop. 7,400), 8 sq mi (21 sq km), West Indies, one of the Leeward Islands; also called St. Barts in English.…Stanford University
(Encyclopedia) Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by…Caetano, Marcello
(Encyclopedia) Caetano, MarcelloCaetano, Marcellomərsĕˈl&oobreve; käətäˈn&oobreve; [key], 1906–80, Portuguese lawyer and statesman. He received a doctorate in law (1931) from the Univ. of…Guadeloupe
(Encyclopedia) CE5 GuadeloupeGuadeloupegwädəl&oomacr;pˈ [key], overseas department and administrative region of France (2015 est. pop. 450,000), 687 sq mi (1,779 sq km), in the Leeward Islands…parent education
(Encyclopedia) parent education, movement to help parents' understanding of the problems of children at home and in the school. Much parent education is carried on through the channels of adult…Ferry, Jules
(Encyclopedia) Ferry, JulesFerry, Juleszhül fĕrēˈ [key], 1832–93, French statesman. A member of the government of national defense established after the defeat of Emperor Napoleon III in the Franco-…Mahan, Alfred Thayer
(Encyclopedia) Mahan, Alfred ThayerMahan, Alfred Thayerməhănˈ [key], 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and historian, b. West Point, N.Y. A Union naval officer in the Civil War, he later lectured on…Ascension, island
(Encyclopedia) Ascension Ascension əsĕnˈchən [key], island, 34 sq mi (88 sq km), in the S Atlantic, NW of Saint Helena and belonging to the British St. Helena overseas…Tristan da Cunha
(Encyclopedia) Tristan da CunhaTristan da Cunhatrĭsˈtăn də k&oomacr;ˈnə [key], group of volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, about midway between S Africa and S America, part of the British Saint…Constanţa
(Encyclopedia) Constanţa Constanţa kônstänˈtsä [key], city, SE Romania, on the Black Sea. It is the administrative…Trending
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