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Menem, Carlos Saúl

(Encyclopedia) Menem, Carlos Saúl Menem, Carlos Saúl kärˈlōs sä&oomacr;lˈ māˈnĕm […

Alfonsín, Raúl

(Encyclopedia) Alfonsín, RaúlAlfonsín, Raúlrä-&oomacr;lˈ älfônsēnˈ [key] (Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes), 1927–2009, president of Argentina (1983–89). A long-time political activist, a member of…

Kirchner, Néstor Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Kirchner, Néstor CarlosKirchner, Néstor Carlosnāˈstôr kärˈlōs kērchˈnâr [key], 1950–2010, Argentinean politician. A native of Patagonia, he was a lawyer and left-wing Peronist and,…

Argentina Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Argentina Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Argentine Relations PEOPLE Argentines are a fusion of…

Néstor Kirchner, 2003 News

Argentine politician, became president in May, after former president Carlos Menem withdrew from the race. The country's sixth president in less than 18 months, Kirchner faces a devastated…

Books & Plays

Johannes Gutenberg's printing press revolutionized the production of books in the West. Entering the modern age, books supplanted many oral traditions as they became cheap to produce. Better access…

May 2003

WorldBush Says Combat Over in Iraq (May 1): In a speech from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, president announces U.S. victorious in war in Iraq. Blair Postpones Northern Ireland…

Brewer's: Old Women

in theatrical parlance, means actresses who take the part of “old women.” In full companies there are first and second “old women.” The term Old Men is similarly used. Source: Dictionary…

Brewer's: Arnauts

[brave men ]. Albanian mountaineers. “Stained with the best of Arnaut's blood.” Byron: The Giaour. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Arn-monatArms of England A…

Brewer's: Philippius

A Russian sect: so called from the founder, Philip Pustoswiät. They are called Old Faith Men, because they cling with tenacity to the old service books, old version of the Bible, old hymn-…