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(j ´n ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 26,751), state capital, SE Alaska, in the Alaska Panhandle; settled by gold miners 1880, inc. 1900. A port on Gastine...
(äNr ´ d zh v n l´) (KEY) , 1876–1935, French statesman and journalist. Although from an early age influential in politics, he refused to join a...
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...