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P-47
Fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft used by Allied air forces in World War II.
P-51
Fighter aircraft of World War II.
p-n junction
Electric contact in transistors and related devices between two different types of material called p-type and n-type semiconductors.
Paar, Jack
U.S. television talk-show host.
Paasikivi, Juho Kusti
Finnish statesman.
Pabst, G(eorg) W(ilhelm)
German film director.
pacemaker
Source of rhythmic electrical impulses that trigger heart contractions.
Pachacamac
Site of a pre-Incan city, southeast of Lima, Peru.
Pachelbel, Johann
German composer and organist.
Pacher, Michael
Austrian painter and sculptor.
Pachuca
City (pop., 2000: 231,602), capital of Hidalgo state, central Mexico.
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the
Former United Nations trusteeship, administered by the U.S. from 1947 to 1986.
Pacific Ocean
Body of salt water extending from the Antarctic region in the south to the Arctic circle in the north and lying between the continents of Asia and Australia on the west and North and South America on the east.
Pacific Railway Acts
(1862, 1864) Measures providing federal aid for construction of a U.S. transcontinental railroad.
Pacific, War of the
(1879–83) Conflict involving Chile, Bolivia, and Peru over disputed territory on the mineral-rich Pacific coast.
pacifism
The doctrine that war and violence as a means of settling disputes is morally wrong.
Pacino, Al(fredo James)
U.S. actor.
paddle tennis
Game like tennis that is played with a rectangular paddle and a slow-bouncing rubber ball on a small court.
paddlefish
Either of two species (family Polyodontidae) of archaic freshwater fishes with a paddlelike snout, wide mouth, smooth skin, and cartilaginous skeleton.
Paderewski, Ignacy (Jan)
Polish pianist, composer, and statesman.
Padre Island
Barrier island, southern Texas, U.S.
Padua
City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 203,350), northern Italy.
Paekche
One of three kingdoms into which Korea was divided before AD 660.
Paeonia
Ancient land, in what is now northern Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, and western Bulgaria.
Paestum
Ancient city, southern Italy
Pagan
Village, central Myanmar (Burma).
pagan
Traditional designation of a practitioner of classical polytheisms.
Paganini, Niccolò
Italian violinist and composer.
Page, Alan (Cedric)
U.S. gridiron football player.
Page, Geraldine
U.S. actress.
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