Word: encyclopedia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...morning of the day that I was taken into custody by the Volkspolizei of the East zone, I had worked in the Ost-Europa Institut. My pockets were well filled with notes, including references from the Russian Encyclopedia...
Before the new building was constructed we never could have even imagined such a vast project," Rollins said. Another tentative iron in the fire made possible by the merger is the proposal for the Horbarium to join forces with an international botanical association for work on a definitive Plant Encyclopedia. A project like this, according to Rollins, may take 20 years...
...Gibb has spent extended periods in the Near East," Thomson continued. "He has contributed outstanding books to the field." These include "The Arab Conquests in Central Asia," "Mohammedanism," and the "The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades." He is also the editor of the completely revised edition of the "Encyclopedia of Islam," sponsored by UNESCO...
Miss Miele's folly is compounded, and more understandable, for she also wrote the show's lyrics. They are fine PTA Musicale words, rouged up with four-letter expletives for their new surroundings. Numbers like "Dynamic," "The Wide Open Space," and "Nevada Hoc Down" could undoubtedly finance many an encyclopedia and blackboard for some grade school...
...Russian propaganda machine, slogging away in all directions, finally hit a snag in India, where it has been trying to be winning. The Indian government took a delayed look at the latest edition of the Big Soviet Encyclopedia and turned to the name Mohandas K. Gandhi. "Author of the reactionary teachings of Gandhism," it read. "Hailing from the Banya caste, which engaged in trade and usury . . . actively helped British imperialism . . . betrayed the people and helped the imperialists against the people . . . aped the ascetics . . . pretended, in a demagogic way, to be a supporter of Indian independence and an enemy...