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more info Inigo Jones, n.
one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)
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more info Injun, n.
(slang) offensive term for Native Americans
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more info Inka, n.
the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
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a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru
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more info Inland Passage, n.
a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska
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more info Inland Revenue, n.
a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes
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more info Inland Sea, n.
an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern Japan; surrounded by the islands of Honshu and Shikoku and Kyushu and linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel; the chief port is Hiroshima
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more info Inner Hebrides, n.
islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland
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more info Inner Light, n.
a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
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more info Inner Mongolia, n.
an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911
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more info Innocent III, n.
Italian pope from 1198 to 1216 who instituted the Fourth Crusade and under whom papal intervention in European politics reached its height (1161-1216)
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more info Innocent VIII, n.
Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432-1492)
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more info Innocent XI, n.
Italian pope from 1676 to 1689 whose papacy was marked by the struggle with Louis XIV of France over papal authority over French Catholics; known for saintliness and canonized in 1956 (1611-1689)
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more info Innocent XII, n.
Italian pope from 1691 to 1700 who abolished nepotism within the church hierarchy and was universally loved for his charity and piety
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more info Innocents' Day, n.
December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem
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more info Innsbruck, n.
city in southwestern Austria; known as a summer and winter resort
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more info Inocor, n.
a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium
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more info Inquisition, n.
a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
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more info Inquisitor, n.
an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
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more info Insecta, n.
more info Insectivora, n.
more info Insessores, n.
a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
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more info Inside Passage, n.
a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska
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more info Inspector Maigret, n.
a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon
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more info Intelligence Community, n.
more info Intelnet, n.
a computer network similar to but separate from the internet; devoted to the dissemination of information to and for the Intelligence Community
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more info Inter-Services Intelligence, n.
the Pakistan intelligence agency; a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force; has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities; has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups
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more info Interahamwe, n.
a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
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"in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"
more info Interior, n.
the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
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more info Interior Department, n.
the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
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more info Interior Secretary, n.
the position of the head of the Department of the Interior
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"the position of Interior Secretary was created in 1849"
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the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department
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"President Taylor appointed Thomas Ewing as the first Secretary of the Interior"
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