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Colom Caballeros, Álvaro

(Encyclopedia) Colom Caballeros, Álvaro, 1951–, Guatemalan political leader, president of Guatemala (2008–12), b. Guatemala City. An industrial engineer, he became a textile entrepreneur. Entering…

Colomb, Michel

(Encyclopedia) Colomb or Colombe, MichelColomb or Colombe, Michelboth: mēshĕlˈ kôlôNˈ [key], c.1430–1512, French sculptor, one of the masters of the French Renaissance. Few of his works survive. His…

Albert, Carl Bert

(Encyclopedia) Albert, Carl Bert, 1908–2000, U.S. Congressman (1947–76), b. McAlester, Okla. Admitted to the bar in 1935, Albert enlisted (1941) in the army as a private, served (1942–46) in the…

Colombes

(Encyclopedia) Colombes Colombes kôlôNbˈ [key], city, Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River…

Colombey-les-deux-Églises

(Encyclopedia) Colombey-les-deux-Églises Colombey-les-deux-Églises kôlôNbāˈ-lā-döz-āglēzˈ [key], town, Haute-Marne…

Colombia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Colombia Colombia kəlŭmˈbēə, Span. kōlōmˈbyä [key], officially…

Colombo, Emilio

(Encyclopedia) Colombo, EmilioColombo, Emilioāmēˈlyō kōlômˈbō [key], 1920–2013, Italian political leader. He was elected a member of the constituent assembly in 1946 and a parliamentary deputy for…

Colombo

(Encyclopedia) Colombo Colombo kəlŭmˈbō [key], largest city (2021 est. metro area pop. 619,000) and former…

Colombo Plan

(Encyclopedia) Colombo Plan, international economic organization created in a cooperative attempt to strengthen the economic and social development of the nations of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.…