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(Encyclopedia) Reform party, in the United States, political party founded in 1995 by H. Ross Perot as an alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties. The Reform party's aims originally included mandating h...
(Encyclopedia) relocation center, in U.S. history, camp in which Japanese and Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II. Fearing a Japanese invasion, the military leaders, under authority of an executive ...
(Encyclopedia) Marin, Sanna Mirella, 1985–, Finnish political leader, prime minister of Finland (2019–). A Social Democrat, she was head of the Tampere City Council (2013–17) and was first elected to the Finni...
(Encyclopedia) Coatzacoalcos
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[key], city, Veracruz state, E central Mexico, at the mouth of the
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(Encyclopedia) Vásquez, Horacio ōräˈsyō väˈskās [key], 1860–1936, president of the Dominican Republic (1899–1903, 1903–7, 1924–30). A dominating figure in the nation, even when out of office, Vásque...
(Encyclopedia) Bloomberg, Michael Rubens, 1942–, American businessman and politician, mayor of New York City (2002–2013), b. Boston, Mass., B.S. Johns Hopkins, 1964, M.B.A. Harvard, 1966. Rising quickly in the f...
(Encyclopedia) Farm Credit Administration (FCA), an independent agency of the executive branch of the federal government that supervises and regulates the Farm Credit System (FCS) for American agriculture. The Farm ...
(Encyclopedia) Government Publishing Office, United States (GPO), federal bureau originally authorized in 1860 that performs printing and binding for Congress and federal departments and agencies, distributes govern...
(Encyclopedia) Chambéry
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[key], town, capital of Savoie dept., E France, in the Alpine trough. It
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(Encyclopedia) Medina del Campo māᵺēˈnä ᵺĕl kämˈpō [key], town (1990 pop. 19,965), Valladolid prov., central Spain, in Castile and León. It is a communications center and agricultural market with food-p...