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(Encyclopedia) New Testament, the distinctively Christian portion of the Bible, consisting of 27 books of varying lengths dating from the earliest Christian period. The seven epistles whose authorship by St. Paul is...

(Encyclopedia) new novel: see French literature; Robbe-Grillet, Alain. ...

(Encyclopedia) New Zealand spinach, succulent annual (Tetragonia expansa) of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and S South America, grown for the edible leaves. The plant grows prostrate, often spreading to cover sever...

(Encyclopedia) New Hyde Park, village (1990 pop. 9,728), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island; inc. 1927. It is a residential community with some manufacturing and truck farms. Nearby is the uninc. town of North New ...

(Encyclopedia) Potosí pōtōsēˈ [key], city (1992 pop. 112,078), capital of Potosí dept., S Bolivia, at the foot of one of the world's richest ore mountains. In the cold, bleak, high Andes at an altitude of c.13...

(Encyclopedia) Lehman College: see New York, City University of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Brooklyn College: see New York, City University of. ...

(Encyclopedia) City College: see New York, City University of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hunter College: see New York, City University of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Baruch College: see New York, City University of. ...