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United Nations Transition Assistance Group — In accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 435 the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) was deployed in April 1989 in Namibia as a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force to monitor the peace process, and ensure… … Wikipedia
patronage — I (power to appoint jobs) noun advantage, assistance, auctoritas, authority, backing, choice, control, controlling power, directing agency, dominance, domination, favor, good offices, gratia, indulgentia, influence, influentiality, patrocinium,… … Law dictionary
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John Baptist Purcell — John Baptist Purcell † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Baptist Purcell Archbishop of Cincinnati, born at Mallow, Ireland, 26 Feb., 1800; died at the convent of the Ursulines, Brown County, Ohio, 4 July, 1883. Of his early education but… … Catholic encyclopedia
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