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1111850, Compromise of — ▪ United States history series of compromise measures passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle several outstanding slavery issues and to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union. The crisis arose from the request of the territory… …
112Foreign Legion, French — ▪ military organization Introduction French Légion étrangère an elite military force originally consisting of foreign volunteers in the pay of France but now comprising volunteer soldiers from any nation, including France, for service in… …
113physical science, principles of — Introduction the procedures and concepts employed by those who study the inorganic world. physical science, like all the natural sciences, is concerned with describing and relating to one another those experiences of the surrounding… …
114Prieur-Duvernois, Claude-Antoine — ▪ French military engineer byname Prieur de la Côte d Or born December 2, 1763, Auxonne, France died August 11, 1832, Dijon French military engineer who was a member of the Committee of Public Safety (Public Safety, Committee of), which… …
115Council of Pisa — Council of Pisa † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Pisa Preliminaries. The great Schism of the West had lasted thirty years (since 1378), and none of the means employed to bring it to an end had been successful. Compromise or… …
116The School of Armagh — The School of Armagh † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The School of Armagh The School of Armagh seems to have been the oldest, and down to the time of the Anglo Norman invasion continued to be one of the most celebrated, of the ancient… …
117YOUNG, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1808-1870) — probably should (1803 1870) ebook editor governor of South Australia and Tasmania son of Sir Aretas William Young, a well known peninsular officer, was born at Brabourne, Kent, on 23 April 1808. He was educated at Dean s School, Bromley,… …
118Timeline of official languages policy in Canada — Because the country contains two major language groups, in Canada Official languages policy has always been an important and high profile area of public policy. In an exhaustive 1971 study of Canadian language law prepared for the Royal… …
119Drunk tank — This article is about the jail facility. For the series of discussions, see Drunk Tank Podcast. A drunk tank is a jail cell accommodating, customarily or as a temporary expedient, at least one person who is intoxicated, especially with alcohol.… …
120substitute — I noun agent, alternate, alternative, auxiliary, delegate, deputy, double, emissary, envoy, factor, lieutenant, pinch hitter, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, relief, replacement, representation, representative, stand in, steward, stopgap,… …
