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mountain range, NE Italy and NW Slovenia, between the Carnic Alps and the Dinaric Alps, rising to 9,396 ft (2,864 m) in Triglav, the highest peak in S...
(gäspär´ m lchôr´ d h v lyä´n s) (KEY) , 1744–1811, Spanish statesman and writer. Very influential as an advocate of economic and social ref...
revolt in France in July, 1830, against the government of King Charles X. The attempt of the ultraroyalists under Charles to return to the ancien rég...
a bond that involves greater than usual risk as an investment and pays a relatively high rate of interest, typically issued by a company lacking an es...
(nôr´ ch) (KEY) , d. c.1443, English religious writer, an anchoress, or hermit, of Norwich called Mother (or Dame) Juliana or Julian. Her work, comp...
(äNdôsh´ zhün ´) (KEY) , 1771–1813, French general. Having served under Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy and Egypt, he became ambassador to Portugal...