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Trenchard, Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Trenchard, Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount, 1873–1956, British air marshal. He entered the army in 1893 and served in the South African War. During World War I he commanded the…Ferguson
(Encyclopedia) Ferguson, city (2020 pop. 20,359), St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1894. It is primarily residential. In Aug. 2014,…Ciskei
(Encyclopedia) CiskeiCiskeisĭskīˈ [key], former black “homeland” and nominal republic, SE South Africa, in what is now Eastern Cape prov. Surrounded by the former Cape Province of South Africa, it…Sitting Bull
(Encyclopedia) Sitting Bull, c.1831–1890, Native American chief and spiritual leader, Sioux leader in the battle of the Little Bighorn. He rose to prominence in the Sioux warfare against the whites…Migingo Islands
(Encyclopedia) Migingo Islands, small, rocky islands in Lake Victoria, E Africa, off Kenya north of the Tanzanian border. The group consists of Migingo, Ugingo, and Pyramid Island. According to a…sneeze gas
(Encyclopedia) sneeze gas, poison gas used in riot control and chemical warfare. It is highly irritating to the nose and throat; inhalation of the substance causes sneezing and coughing, but rarely…Moos, Ludwig von
(Encyclopedia) Moos, Ludwig vonMoos, Ludwig vonl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh fən m&oomacr;s [key], 1910–90, Swiss political leader. Entering politics in his native town of Sachseln, he served (1941–46) as…Dzerzhinsky, Feliks Edmundovich
(Encyclopedia) Dzerzhinsky, Feliks EdmundovichDzerzhinsky, Feliks Edmundovichfyĕˈlyĭks ĕdm&oomacr;nˈdəvĭch dzĭrzhēnˈskē [key], 1877–1926, Russian Bolshevik leader, organizer, and first chairman (…Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich
(Encyclopedia) Plehve, Vyacheslav KonstantinovichPlehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovichvyĕˌchĭsläfˈ kənstəntyēˈnəvĭch plyĕˈvyĭ [key], 1846–1904, Russian public official. As director of the police (1881–…entrapment
(Encyclopedia) entrapment, in law, the instigation of a crime in the attempt to obtain cause for a criminal prosecution. Situations in which a government operative merely provides the occasion for…Trending
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