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21brazil — /breuh zil /, n. brazilwood. [1350 1400; ME brasile < ML < It < Sp brasil, deriv. of brasa live coal (the wood being red in color) < Gmc; see BRAISE] * * * Brazil Introduction Brazil Background: Following three centuries under the rule of… …
22Brazil — Brazilian /breuh zil yeuhn/, adj., n. /breuh zil /, n. a republic in South America. 164,511,366; 3,286,170 sq. mi. (8,511,180 sq. km). Cap.: Brasília. Portuguese and Spanish, Brasil. Official name, Federative Republic of Brazil. * * * Brazil… …
23Population and Human Relations — ▪ 1996 Introduction DEMOGRAPHY At midyear 1995, world population stood at 5,702,000,000, according to estimates prepared by the Population Reference Bureau. The 1995 figure was about 700 million higher than in 1987, when world population… …
24Douglas Mason — For the fictional character in the TV series CSI, see Paul Millander. Douglas Calder Mason (30 September 1941 13 December 2004) was a British policymaker, writer and antiquarian bookseller. He came to be known as the father of the poll tax .[1]… …
25Parliament of the United Kingdom — of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Type Type Bicameral …
26History of the British Raj — Prelude: Company Rule in India= Although the British East India Company had administered its factory areas in India mdash;beginning with Surat early in the 17th century, and including by the century s end, Fort William near Calcutta, Fort St… …
27Harold Washington — Infobox Congressman name = Harold Washington imagesize = 250px birth date = birth date|1922|4|15|mf=y birth place = Chicago, Illinois, United States death date = death date and age|1987|11|25|1922|4|15|mf=y death place = Chicago, Illinois, United …
28ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
29Monetary policy — Part of a series on Government Public finance File:Governmentbhj,i,gu Vedder Highsmith detail 1.jpeg …
30international payment and exchange — ▪ economics Introduction international exchange also called foreign exchange respectively, any payment made by one country to another and the market in which national currencies are bought and sold by those who require them for such… …
