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Canaday, John (from the article "art criticism") ...The New York Times and Time magazine began to cover art events, ... Canadian Airborne Regiment (from the article "Canada") ...recession, political fragmentation along regional lines, and a resurgence of the independence movement in Quebec. ... Canadian Alliance former Canadian populist conservative political party, largely based in the western provinces. [5 Related Articles] Canadian Amateur Hockey League (from the article "ice hockey") In 1899 the Canadian Amateur Hockey League was formed. All hockey in Canada at the ... Canadian Broadcasting Corporation public broadcasting service over AM and FM radio networks and television networks in English and ... [7 Related Articles] Canadian buffalo berry (from the article "buffalo berry") A smaller relative, the Canadian buffalo berry (S. canadensis), grows to about 2.5 m high, ... Canadian canoe (from the article "canoe") There are two main forms of the canoe. The modern recreational or sport Canadian canoe ... Canadian Chamber of Commerce (from the article "commerce, chamber of") ...in expanding home and overseas trade. The first was established in Halifax in 1750, and ... Canadian Confederation (from the article "Canada Act") ...by the British Parliament on March 25, 1982, and proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth II on ... Canadian Congress of Labour (from the article "organized labour") ...next year these CIO unions joined the remnants of the All-Canadian Congress of Labour, which ... Canadian Conservation Institute (from the article "museum, operation of") ...work, providing advanced scientific equipment for the analysis, dating, and identification of materials. Some museums ... Canadian Corps (from the article "Canada") ...where German forces first used poison gas as a weapon. As more volunteers came forward, ... Canadian deuterium-uranium reactor (from the article "nuclear reactor") Canada focused its developmental efforts on reactors that would utilize abundant domestic natural uranium as ... Canadian Federal Election of 2008 On October 14, 2008, Canadians voted to return Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative ... Canadian Federation of Camping and Caravanning (from the article "camping") ...to local clubs, but there are two large-scale national organizations in the United States (National ... Canadian Film Development Corporation (from the article "Canada") ...winning both awards from film festivals around the world a reputation for the country as ... Canadian Football Council (from the article "football, gridiron") ...requirement for players and limiting "imports" to five. The limit was raised from five to ... Canadian Football League major Canadian professional gridiron football organization, formed in 1956 as the Canadian Football Council, created ... 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Canadian-American Challenge Cup trophy of a series of automobile races that took place annually from 1966 to 1975 ... canahua (from the article "South America") ...of Asia. The potato, which originated in the high Andes, became a dietary staple of ... Canaima, Parque Nacional (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...one of the richest collections of plant and animal life in the Amazon basin, including ... Canak incident (from the article "Churchill, Sir Winston") In the autumn of 1922 the insurgent Turks appeared to be moving toward a forcible ... Canak, Treaty of (Jan. 5, 1809), pact signed between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain at Canak (now ... [1 Related Articles] Canakkale city, northwestern Turkey, at the mouth of Koca River (the ancient Rhodius River), on the ... Canal Colony (from the article "Pakistan") ...Later, large areas of uncultivated land in the Indus River plain of the southern Punjab ... Canal du Centre (from the article "Gauthey, Emiland-Marie") French engineer, best known for his construction of the Charolais Canal, or Canal du Centre, ... Canal du Nord (from the article "canals and inland waterways") ...32 wheels run on four rails, and two sets of 14 cables connect the tanks ... Canal Lateral a la Garonne (from the article "Midi Canal") ...in 1808, the Midi Canal was isolated from the rest of France's canal system. Between ... Canal Messier (from the article "fjord") ...arm of the sea, commonly extending far inland, that results from marine inundation of a ... Canal Plus Netherlands (from the article "Media and Publishing") Canal Plus Netherlands, which offered digital pay-TV via satellite, cable, and digital video broadcasting, was ... canal ray (from the article "Goldstein, Eugen") ...1881. His career was spent at the Potsdam Observatory. He was primarily interested in electrical ... Canal Zone historic administrative entity in Panama over which the United States exercised jurisdictional rights from 1903 ... [3 Related Articles] Canal Zone Library and Museum (from the article "Balboa Heights") ...overlooking Balboa city. It is the administrative headquarters for the Panama Canal Company, and the ... Canal, Martino da (from the article "Italian literature") ...the writers often consciously or unconsciously introduced elements from their own Northern Italian dialects, thus ... Canalejas, Jose Spanish statesman and prime minister whose anticlerical "Padlock Law" forbade the establishment of new religious ... [1 Related Articles] Canaletto Italian topographical painter whose masterful expression of atmosphere in his detailed views (vedute) of Venice ... [5 Related Articles] canalicular hepatitis (from the article "digestive system disease") Acute canalicular (cholestatic) hepatitis is most commonly caused by certain drugs, such as psychopharmacologics, antibiotics, ... canaliculus (from the article "digestive system, human") ...endothelium, probably for the transport of lymph. On neighbouring surfaces the hepatocytes are bound to ... canals and inland waterways natural or artificial waterways used for navigation, crop irrigation, water supply, or drainage. [11 Related Articles] canape (from the article "appetizer") ...characteristic "dryness" of which allegedly stimulates the appetite, are customarily served with appetizers. Hors d'oeuvres, ... canard (from the article "airplane") ...the engine and propeller facing with the line of flight is called a tractor type; ... canard (from the article "Frank, Jacob") ...of the rabbinate and claimed that the Talmud, the rabbinical compendium of law and commentary, ... Canari (from the article "Andean peoples") ...frequently more is known about the pre-Inca occupants than about Cuzco rule. Inca power was ... Canarios (from the article "Guanche and Canario") any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting, respectively, the western and eastern groups of the Canary ... Canaris, Wilhelm German admiral, head of military intelligence (Abwehr) under the Nazi regime and a key participant ... canary (species Serinus canaria), popular cage bird of the family Carduelidae (order Passeriformes). It owes its ... [4 Related Articles] canary creeper (species Tropaeolum peregrinum), annual climbing herb, of the family Tropaeolaceae, native to northwestern South America ... [1 Related Articles] Canary Current part of a clockwise-setting ocean-current system in the North Atlantic Ocean. It branches south from ... [4 Related Articles] Canary Islands comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Spain, consisting of an archipelago in the ... 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[10 Related Articles] Canberra Spatial Plan (from the article "Australian Capital Territory") ...basin, began in 1962, followed by Belconnen in 1966, Tuggeranong in 1973, and Gungahlin in ... Canberra, University of (from the article "Australian Capital Territory") The Canberra Institute of Technology provides a wide range of trade and paraprofessional education. The ... Canby, Edward R. S. (from the article "Modoc and Klamath") ...in which about 80 warriors and their families retreated to the California Lava Beds, a ... Canby, Vincent American journalist (b. July 27, 1924, Chicago, Ill.-d. Oct. 15, 2000, New York, N.Y.), as ... Canby, William (from the article "Ross, Betsy") ...1773, she was disowned by the Society of Friends. Her husband was killed in 1776 ... cancan lively and risque dance of French or Algerian origin, usually performed onstage by four women. ... 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