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(Encyclopedia) internment, in international law, detention of the nationals or property of an enemy or a belligerent. A belligerent will intern enemy merchant ships or take them as prize, and a…Lane, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Lane, Joseph, 1801–81, American general in the Mexican War and territorial governor of Oregon, b. Buncombe co., N.C. In the Mexican War he commanded a brigade under Gen. Zachary Taylor…Watie, Stand
(Encyclopedia) Watie, StandWatie, Standwätˈē [key], 1806–71, Native American leader and Confederate general, b. near Rome, Ga., as Degataga Oowatie. Of mixed white and Cherokee descent, he favored…Pangnirtung
(Encyclopedia) PangnirtungPangnirtungpăngˌnərtŭngˈ [key], trading post, E Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada. It is a post of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a center for Inuit artworks.Artem
(Encyclopedia) ArtemArtemərtyômˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 69,000), Maritime Territory (Primorsky Kray), Russian Far East. It is a coal-mining center and has an important thermoelectric station that…Chelyuskin, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Chelyuskin, CapeChelyuskin, Capechĭly&oomacr;ˈskĭn [key], northernmost point (lat. 77°43′N) of Asia, Krasnoyarsk Territory, N central Siberian Russia. It is named after the Russian…Central Michigan University
(Encyclopedia) Central Michigan University, at Mount Pleasant, Mich.; coeducational; est. 1892 as a normal school, became Central State Teachers College in 1927, achieved university status in 1959.…Ayrshire
(Encyclopedia) Ayrshire or Ayr, former county, SW Scotland. Ayrshire became part of the Strathclyde region in 1975. In the local government reorganization of 1996, Strathclyde was dissolved and the…Artigas, José Gervasio
(Encyclopedia) Artigas, José GervasioArtigas, José Gervasiohōsāˈ hārväˈsyō ärtēˈgäs [key], 1764–1850, national hero of Uruguay, first leader in the movement toward independence. He came from the…Chandigarh
(Encyclopedia) ChandigarhChandigarhchŭnˈdēgər [key], union territory (2001 provisional pop. 900,914), 44 sq mi (114 sq km) and city, NW India. The city is the capital of both Haryana and Punjab…Trending
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