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Commines, Philippe de
(Encyclopedia) Commines, Philippe de: see Comines, Philippe de.committee
(Encyclopedia) committee, one or more persons appointed or elected to consider, report on, or take action on a particular matter. Because of the advantages of a division of labor, legislative…Committee for Industrial Organization
(Encyclopedia) Committee for Industrial Organization: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.Committee of Public Safety
(Encyclopedia) Committee of Public Safety: see Reign of Terror.Commodity Credit Corporation
(Encyclopedia) Commodity Credit Corporation: see agricultural subsidies.commodity market
(Encyclopedia) commodity market, organized traders' exchange in which standardized, graded products are bought and sold. Worldwide, there are more than 20 major commodity exchanges and many smaller…Commodus
(Encyclopedia) Commodus (Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus)Commoduskŏmˈədəs [key], 161–192, Roman emperor (180–192), son and successor of Marcus Aurelius. In 180, reversing his father's foreign policy…Albert the Bear
(Encyclopedia) Albert the Bear, c.1100–1170, first margrave of Brandenburg (1150–70). He was a loyal vassal of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II, who, as duke of Saxony, helped him take (1123) Lower…Common Cause
(Encyclopedia) Common Cause, U.S. organization that seeks a “reordering of national priorities and revitalization of the public process to make our political and governmental institutions more…Commoner, Barry
(Encyclopedia) Commoner, Barry, 1917–2012, American biologist, educator, and activist, one of the founders of the modern environmental movement, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Columbia (B.A., 1937),…Trending
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