The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 168
... became stockholders in the Crédit Mobilier and , by virtue of this interest , in the Union Pacific as well . A power struggle en- sued between the Ames brothers and Durant ; Oliver became president of the Union Pacific in 1866 and soon ...
... became stockholders in the Crédit Mobilier and , by virtue of this interest , in the Union Pacific as well . A power struggle en- sued between the Ames brothers and Durant ; Oliver became president of the Union Pacific in 1866 and soon ...
Page 204
... became known as the Crimea . Turkish rule lasted for three centuries until the Crimea passed to Russia in 1783. Under czarist rule , it became part of Taurida province . ( Tauris was the ancient name of the peninsula . ) In the middle ...
... became known as the Crimea . Turkish rule lasted for three centuries until the Crimea passed to Russia in 1783. Under czarist rule , it became part of Taurida province . ( Tauris was the ancient name of the peninsula . ) In the middle ...
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... became standard Danish . A written norm for Danish was not firmly es- tablished until the end of the Middle Ages , when political and cultural life became centered in Copenhagen . There the scribes of the royal chan- cery developed a ...
... became standard Danish . A written norm for Danish was not firmly es- tablished until the end of the Middle Ages , when political and cultural life became centered in Copenhagen . There the scribes of the royal chan- cery developed a ...
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