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81Iranian presidential election, 2009 — 2005 ← 12 June 2009 → 2013 …
82Day of Affirmation speech — The Day of Affirmation speech was a speech given by Robert F. Kennedy to National Union of South African Students members at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on June 6, 1966. Kennedy, who was then a U.S. Senator from New York, gave the… …
83Ottoman System in the Balkans — By the early sixteenth century most of the Balkan Peninsula’s Christians were submerged within the Ottomans’ Islamic theocratic society. In traditional Islamic civilization, no separation existed between religious and secular matters, and… …
84Francis Maseres — Portrait de Francis Maseres vers 1775 Naissance 15 décembre  …
85Machiavellian — Machiavellianism, Machiavellism, n. Machiavellianly, adv. /mak ee euh vel ee euhn/, adj. 1. of, like, or befitting Machiavelli. 2. being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli s The Prince, in which… …
86policy — policy1 /pol euh see/, n., pl. policies. 1. a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy. 2. a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.: our …
87United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
88Bhaskara I — flourished с 629, possibly Valabhi, India Indian astronomer and mathematician. His fame rests on three treatises he composed on the works of Aryabhata I (b. 476). Two of these, known today as Mahabhaskariya ( Great Book of Bhaskara ) and… …
89Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
90Rafsanjani, Hashemi — ▪ president of Iran in full Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, also spelled ʿAlī Akbar Hāshimī Rafsanjānī born 1934, Rafsanjān, Iran Iranian cleric and politician, who was president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. Rafsanjani was the son of… …
