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Country Party. 1913-. Australian pro-agriculture party. Small but influential in coalition governments.
Adam, Robert. 1728-92. Scottish architect: Neoclassical English country houses.
Apostles. 12 disciples of Jesus. Also, first missionary to a country.
Baldwin, James. 1924-87. US writer of black experience. Another Country 1962. Go Tell it on the Mountain 1953.
Bernanos, Georges. 1888-1948. French Catholic polemic writer against materialism. Diary of a Country Priest 1937.
Decatur, Stephen. 1779-1820. US naval officer. -“Our country, right or wrong”.
Dollar Diplomacy. Buying a country’s support with loans, aid.
Elam. 40C~640BC. Country in SW Iran conq by Assyrians.
Epirus. 3-2C BC. Powerful Greek country under King Pyrrhus.
Gowon, Yakubu. 1934-. Ruled Nigeria 1966-75. Defeated Biafra. Reunited country.
Gray, Thomas. 1716-71. English poet. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 1751.
Haile Selassie. 1892-1975. Emperor of Ethiopia, 1930~74. Modernized and reformed country. Deposed.
Hale, Nathan. 1755-76. American Revolutionary spy. Executed by British -“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”.
Immigration Laws. 1852. US bars Chinese. 1900 Japanese. 1921- set quotas by country of origin.
Lutyens, Edwin. 1869-1944. English architect of country houses and public buildings. Fountain at Trafalgar. New Delhi Plan 1912.
National Communism. Means of attaining communism are dictated by conditions in each country. Tito.
Numidia. 3C BC-428. Country in N Africa. 46BC Rome. 428 Vandal. ≈Algeria.
Pale. Region of a country subject to separate laws or government. 1171-16C part of Ireland subject to English rule. Pale of Settlement 1792-1917, Jews in Russia.
Paton, Alan. 1903-88. South African writer. Cry the Beloved Country 1948.
Presley, Elvis. 1935-77. US singer of rock, folk, gospel, and country music. 28M records sold. Heartbreak Hotel 1956.
Prior, Matthew. 1664-1721. English epigrammist/poet: City Mouse and the Country Mouse.
Sheba. (Saba’). Biblical country in south Arabia. 10C BC Colonized Ethiopia. 2C BC Overrun by Persia. Bilqis, Queen of Sheba visited Solomon.
Tetrarchy. Any country with sovereign under Roman Empire in Eastern Provinces.
Wycherley, William. 1640-1716. English satirical Restoration dramatist: Country Wife 1675. Plain Dealer 1676.
Aberhart, William. 1878-1943. Canadian Social Credit advocate.