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United Nations Members (table)

(Encyclopedia) United Nations Members Country Year of Entry Afghanistan 1946 Albania 1955 Algeria 1962 Andorra 1993 Angola 1976 Antigua and Barbuda 1981 Argentina 1945 Armenia 1992…

Jimmy Carter (January 16, 1981)

To the Congress of the United States: The State of the Union is sound. Our economy is recovering from a recession. A national energy plan is in place and our dependence on foreign oil is…

World War II

(Encyclopedia) World War II, 1939–45, worldwide conflict involving every major power in the world. The two sides were generally known as the Allies and the Axis. Although hostilities came to…

Korea

(Encyclopedia) CE5 KoreaKoreakôrēˈə, kə– [key], Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. A peninsula, 600 mi (966 km) long, Korea separates the…

Malaysia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 MalaysiaMalaysiaməlāˈzhə [key], independent federation (2015 est. pop. 30,723,000), 128,430 sq mi (332,633 sq km), Southeast Asia. The official capital and by far the largest…

Vietnam

(Encyclopedia) CE5 VietnamVietnamvēĕtˈnäm [key], officially Socialist Republic of Vietnam, republic (2015 est. pop. 93,572,000), 128,400 sq mi (332,642 sq km), Southeast Asia. Occupying the…

slavery

(Encyclopedia) slavery, historicially, an institution based on a relationship of dominance and submission, whereby one person owns another and can exact from that person labor or other services.…