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(Encyclopedia) Kohl, Helmut (Helmut Josef Michael Kohl) hĕlˈmo͝otˌ yōˈzĕfˌ mĭkhˈäĕl kōl [key], 1930–2017, German statesman, chancellor of West Germany (1982–1990) and reunified Germany (1990–98). ...

(Encyclopedia) Zior zīˈôr [key], in the Bible, hill town, S ancient Palestine, the modern Siir, the West Bank, NE of Hebron. ...

(Encyclopedia) University Park, city (1990 pop. 22,259), Dallas co., N Tex., surrounded by Dallas on three sides; inc. 1924. A residential suburb, the city is the seat of Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas Love Field A...

(Encyclopedia) Barrie, city, S Ont., Canada, on the west shore of Lake Simcoe. It is a commuter city in the Toronto metropolitan region. Among the city's diverse manuf...

(Encyclopedia) Netherlands Antilles, former autonomous country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of several islands in the West Indies. Earlier known as the Dutch West Indies and Netherlands West Indies, ...

(Encyclopedia) Easter [A.S. Eastre, name of a spring goddess], chief Christian feast, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion. In the West, Easter is celebrated on the Sunday following the full...

(Encyclopedia) Styron, William, 1925–2006, American novelist, b. Newport News, Va., grad. Duke, 1947. His fiction is often powerful, deeply felt, poetic, and elegiac. He became well known for his novel The Confess...

(Encyclopedia) Galerius (Caius Galerius Valerius Maximinianus) gəlērˈēəs [key], d. 310, Roman emperor (305–10). Diocletian appointed him caesar for the eastern part of the empire in 293 (Constantius I was cae...

(Encyclopedia) coronation, ceremony of crowning and anointing a sovereign on his or her accession to the throne. Although a public ceremony inaugurating a new king or chief had long existed, a new religious service ...

(Encyclopedia) Quebec, Fr. Québec, city (1991 pop. 167,517), provincial capital, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers. The population is largely French speaking, and the town...