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Sinaia

(Encyclopedia) SinaiaSinaiasēnīˈä [key], town (1990 pop. 15,817), S central Romania, in Walachia, in the Transylvanian Alps. It is a health and winter sports resort and has a metalworking plant and…

Sankt Wolfgang

(Encyclopedia) Sankt WolfgangSankt Wolfgangzängkt [key]Sankt Wolfgangvôlfˈgäng [key], town, Upper Austria prov., in the Salzkammergut, on the Wolfgang See, a lake. It is a popular resort, famous for…

Jones, Henry Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Henry Arthur, 1851–1929, English playwright. His reputation was first established with the melodrama The Silver King (with Henry Herman; 1882). Strongly influenced by the great…

Kostroma

(Encyclopedia) KostromaKostromakəstrəmäˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 278,000), capital of Kostroma region, E European Russia, on the Volga at the mouth of the Kostroma River. It is a major linen-milling…

Summer Olympics Through the Years: 1984

Los AngelesTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsArcheryCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern PentathlonRowingShootingSynchronized…

cooperative movement

(Encyclopedia) cooperative movement, series of organized activities that began in the 19th cent. in Great Britain and later spread to most countries of the world, whereby people organize themselves…

Schwäbisch Hall

(Encyclopedia) Schwäbisch HallSchwäbisch Hallshvĕbˈĭsh häl [key] or Hall, city (1994 pop. 33,892), Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, on the Kocher River. It is a rail junction and has manufactures in…

Munkácsy, Mihály

(Encyclopedia) Munkácsy, MihályMunkácsy, Mihálymĭˈhälyə m&oobreve;nˈkächĭ [key], 1844–1909, Hungarian genre and historical painter, whose original name was Michael Lieb. In 1868 he went to…

Lungu, Edgar Chagwa

(Encyclopedia) Lungu, Edgar Chagwa, 1956–, Zambian political leader. Trained as a lawyer, he entered politics as a member of the United Party for National Development (UPND), then switched to the…