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(SDP), former British political party founded in 1981 to offer a centrist alternative to the more extreme positions of the then ruling Conservative pa...
(sh ´ n, sh ´ n) (KEY) , city (1995 pop. 48,341), capital of Telemark co., SE Norway, a port on the Skienselva River and on the Telemark Canal. Manu...
1913–, French novelist. He was born in Madagascar and studied at Paris, Oxford, and Cambridge. He fought in World War II both as a soldier and later...
(sl v ´k , sl vä´k ) (KEY) or the Slovak Republic, Slovak Slovensko (slô´v nskô) (KEY) , republic (1995 est. pop. 5,432,000), 18,917 sq mi (4...
(s m n´ d z, s ´ s) (KEY) , c.556–468? B.C., Greek lyric poet, b. Ceos. At Athens for a time under the patronage of Hipparchus, he seems then to h...
predominantly quartz mineral particles that are between sand size and clay size, i.e., between 1/16 and 1/256 mm (1/406 –1/6502 in.) in diameter. Si...