Vocabulary
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Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
Balkan Wars (1912, 1913)
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Austro-Prussian War (1866)
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
War of 1812
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
push-button war; war started or ended with the push of a button (e.g. to launch a nuclear missile)
Great Northern War (1700-1721)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
Treaty of San Stefano (ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1878)
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Falklands War (1982)
Iraq War (2003-2011)
Iran-Contra affair (1984-1986); Irangate
(UN) Security Council
UN Security Council
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UN Special Session on Disarmament
UN Economic and Social Council
official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
Trusteeship Council
UN Trusteeship Council
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
United Nations Secretary-General
eating quickly; speed-eating
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless; nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
fixed or appointed date
desensitizer
police officer
vertigo
beyond saving
chamber (of a revolver)
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
matters for identification; documentation
necessary documents; required documents