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(Encyclopedia) South West Africa: see Namibia.

(Encyclopedia) Paris, University of, at Paris, France; founded 12th cent., confirmed 1215 by papal bull. The most famous of its colleges was the Sorbonne, which opened in 1253 and gained academic and theological dis...

(Encyclopedia) Union of South Africa: see South Africa. ...

(Encyclopedia) Federation of South Arabia: see South Arabia, Federation of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) McLuhan, Marshall (Herbert Marshall McLuhan), 1911–80, Canadian communications theorist and educator, b. Edmonton, Alta. He taught at the Univ. of Toronto (1946–80) and at other institutions of hi...

(Encyclopedia) New York, State University of, est. 1948 by the amalgamation under one board of trustees of 29 state-supported institutions. It now comprises all state-supported institutions of higher education, with...

(Encyclopedia) South Suburban City, former city, West Bengal state, NE India. A suburb of Kolkata (Calcutta), it was annexed by that city it 1984. ...

(Encyclopedia) Jawara, Sir Dawda Kairaba douˈdə kīräˈbə jäwärˈə [key], 1924–2019, president of Gambia (1970–94). A veterinarian, he became active in politics in 1960 and leader of the People's Progress...

(Encyclopedia) Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Miguel, 1960–, Cuban political leader. Trained as an electrical engineer, he served (1982–85) as a radio specialist in the armed forces and taught at the Villa Clara provinc...