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(Encyclopedia) Ton Duc Thang, 1888–1980, Vietnamese politician. He was an early supporter of Ho Chi Minh and was imprisoned (1929–45) by the French colonial regime. After Vietnamese independence, he rose quickly...

(Encyclopedia) Ustyurt o͝ostˌyo͞ortˈ [key], desert plateau, c.62,000 sq mi (160,600 sq km), Central Asia, between the Caspian and Aral seas. It rises to between c.490 and 980 ft (150–300 m). It occupies the so...

(Encyclopedia) Sadová säˈdôvä [key], Ger. Sadowa, village, N central Czech Republic, in Bohemia, near Hradec Králové. It was the site of a decisive Prussian victory over the Austrians in 1866, during the Aust...

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Tropez săN-trôpāˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 5,760), Var dept., SE France, on the French Riviera. It is a fashionable beach resort and a picturesque small fishing port, made famous by film ...

(Encyclopedia) Sarapul səräˈpo͞ol [key], city (1989 pop. 110,000), E European Russia, in the Udmurt Republic, on the Kama River. It is a rail junction on the Moscow-Yekaterinburg line. Industries include food pr...

(Encyclopedia) Poggio Bracciolini, Gian Francesco jän fränchāsˈkō pôdˈjō brätˌchōlēˈnē [key], 1380–1459, Italian humanist. A secretary in the Roman curia, he later became chancellor and historiograph...

(Encyclopedia) Grove City. <1> Village (2020 pop. 41,252), Franklin co., central Ohio. It has some manufacturing. A Thoroughbred track is there. Its population h...

(Encyclopedia) Lucca lo͞okˈkä [key], city (1991 pop. 87,100), capital of Lucca prov., Tuscany, N central Italy, near the Ligurian Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center and an agricultural market (olive oi...

(Encyclopedia) national assembly, name of a number of past and present constituent or legislative bodies. In France, under the constitutions of the Fourth and Fifth republics, the lower house of parliament has been ...

(Encyclopedia) Kony, Joseph Rao, 1964?–, Ugandan rebel and war criminal. His cousin, Alice Lakwena, led the Holy Spirit Movement against (1986–87) Uganda's President Museveni, and when she was defeated, Kony for...