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The Borgias
This Italian Renaissancefamily, whose name has become synonymous with treachery, achieved enormous temporal and spiritual power in the 15th century. Rodrigo Borgia, later Pope Alexander VI, fathered four children with a Roman noblewoman, and two of them, Cesare(used by Machiavellias his model for The Prince) and Lucrezia,enhanced his reign through murder, diplomacy, and matrimony.
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This English philosopher posited that human life in the state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."
Dayton Accords 
Former U.S. President Bill Clintonchronicles the conflict in Bosnia and the accords that brought peace to the war-torn country.

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Mary Pickford (Featured Biography)
This actress was one of the biggest stars of the silent film era, and she became one of the richest women in the United States.
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Britannica contributor Arnold Palmerprovides an insider's look at the Masters, which returns to Augusta National this week.
Fado (Featured Article)
This melancholic style of singing rose from the cafés of Portugal to achieve prominence on the international world music scene.

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Moscow (Featured City)
Located in the far western part of Russia, this capital city has played a vital role in the country's history and today serves as a political, educational, industrial, and cultural centre.
Iceland (Featured Country)
Founded more than 1,000 years ago during the Viking age of exploration, this island country is home to the world’s oldest democracy but is modern in nearly every respect.
Statue of Liberty (Featured Landmark)
This colossal statue on Liberty Island in the Upper New York Bay, U.S., stands 305 feet (93 metres) high and commemorates the friendship of the peoples of the United States and France.

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Chemical Reaction (Featured Article)
The process by which the constituent atoms of substances are rearranged to create different substances is an integral part of life and of Earth's geological and atmospheric phenomena.
Melvin Calvin (Featured Biography)
The American biochemist received the 1961 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the “Calvin cycle”—the pathway of carbon dioxide fixation and reduction in photosynthesis.
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This waxy substance is present in all animal tissues and in the blood plasma, where attached to lipoproteins it may accumulate and form plaques in the interior walls of blood vessels, causing atherosclerosis.

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