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(Encyclopedia) ManchuManchumănˈch&oomacr; [key], people who lived in Manchuria for many centuries and who ruled China from 1644 until 1912. These people, related to the Tungus, were descended…Macpherson, James
(Encyclopedia) Macpherson, James, 1736–96, Scottish author. Educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh, he spent his early years as a schoolmaster. In later life he held a colonial secretaryship in West…De la Warr, Thomas West, 12th Baron
(Encyclopedia) De la Warr, Thomas West, 12th BaronDe la Warr, Thomas West, 12th Barondĕlˈəwər [key], 1577–1618, English colonial governor of Virginia. He saw fighting in the Netherlands and was…Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley
(Encyclopedia) Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley, 1882–1944, British astronomer and physicist. He was chief assistant (1906–13) at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and was from 1913 Plumian professor of…function
(Encyclopedia) function, in mathematics, a relation f that assigns to each member x of some set X a corresponding member y of some set Y; y is said to be a function of x, usually denoted f(x) (read “…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 1
Part IIIStatus and Treatment of Protected PersonsSection IProvisions Common to the Territories of the Parties to the Conflict and to Occupied TerritoriesArticle 27Protected persons are…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 3
Section III Occupied Territories Article 47 Protected persons who are in occupied territory shall not be deprived, in any case or in any manner whatsoever, of the benefits of the…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 5
Section V Information Bureaux and Central Agency Article 136 Upon the outbreak of a conflict and in all cases of occupation, each of the Parties to the conflict shall establish…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part IV, Section 1
Part IV Execution of the Convention Section I General Provisions Article 142 Subject to the measures which the Detaining Powers may consider essential to ensure their…Exhibitor Relations's Top 25 <br />All-Time Box-Office Hits
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