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Members of Congress: Tennessee, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Tennessee Member Name Birth-Death ALEXANDER, Adam Rankin 1781-1848 ALEXANDER, Lamar 1940- …

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Women's History Month

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Scientists: Physical Sciences

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State Department Notes on Brazil

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Economy Foreign Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYBrazil is a federal republic with 26 states and a federal district. The 1988…

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Prussia

(Encyclopedia) PrussiaPrussiaprŭshˈə [key], Ger. Preussen, former state, the largest and most important of the German states. Berlin was the capital. The chief member of the German Empire (1871–1918…

(Encyclopedia) SaxonySaxonysăkˈsənē [key], Ger. Sachsen, Fr. Saxe, state (1994 pop. 4,901,000), 7,078 sq mi (18,337 sq km), E central Germany. Dresden is the capital. In its current form, Saxony is a…

Enlightenment

(Encyclopedia) Enlightenment, term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America. Centered in Paris, the movement gained international character at cosmopolitan salons.…