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(Encyclopedia) Tainan or T'ai-nanTainanboth: tīˈnänˈ [key], special municipality (2010 pop. 1,840,257), W central Taiwan, on the Taiwan Strait. It was created in 2010 when Tainan city was merged with…Jinja
(Encyclopedia) JinjaJinjajĭnˈjə [key], city (2002 pop. 71,213), SE Uganda, on the Victoria Nile River, near Lake Victoria. It is an industrial city and the commercial and processing center for a…Viti Levu
(Encyclopedia) Viti LevuViti Levuvēˈtē lāˈv&oomacr; [key] or Naviti LevuViti Levunä– [key], volcanic island, 4,010 sq mi (10,386 sq km), S Pacific, largest and most important of the Fiji Islands…Chen Shui-bian
Chen is the former president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) who resigned in 2008 and was sentenced to life in prison in 2009. Chen was a populist progressive who rose from a poor family: his "…The Farming of the Bones
Author:Edwidge DanticatPublisher:Soho Press Edwidge Danticat possesses a gift for narrating excruciating scenes with a poetic economy. This talent makes the 1937 Haitian massacre a perfect…Jesús T. PIÑERO, Congress, PR (1897-1952)
PIÑERO Jesús T. , a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; born in Carolina, P.R., April 16, 1897; attended the grade schools, Colegio Janer (a private school), Baltimore, Md., and the School of…Morelos
(Encyclopedia) MorelosMorelosmōrāˈlōs [key], state (1990 pop. 1,195,059), 1,917 sq mi (4,965 sq km), S Mexico. Cuernavaca is the capital. Morelos is separated from the Federal District and from…Mazandaran
(Encyclopedia) MazandaranMazandaranmäzänˌdäränˈ [key] or MazanderanMazanderanmäzänˌ [key]Mazanderan– [key]Mazanderandĕränˈ [key], province (1991 pop. 3,793,149), c.20,400 sq mi (52,840 sq km), N Iran…Udaipur
(Encyclopedia) UdaipurUdaipur&oomacr;dĭp&oobreve;rˈ, &oomacr;dīˈp&oobreve;r [key] or MewarUdaipurmāwärˈ [key], city and former princely state, now part of Rajasthan state, NW India.…Thomas Withers CHINN, Congress, LA (1791-1852)
CHINN Thomas Withers , a Representative from Louisiana; born near Cynthiana, Harrison County, Ky., November 22, 1791; attended the rural schools of his community and was also tutored by his…Trending
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