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   Karen Horney
         n 1: United States psychiatrist (1885-1952) [syn: {Horney},
               {Karen Horney}, {Karen Danielsen Horney}]

English Dictionary: Kernerhebungsinstrument by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Korean War
n
  1. a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
krummhorn
n
  1. a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)
    Synonym(s): krummhorn, crumhorn, cromorne
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhatany \Rhat"a*ny\, Rhatanhy \Rhat"an*hy\, n. [Sp. ratania,
      rata[a4]a, Peruv. rata[a4]a.]
      The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian
      plant ({Krameria triandra}). It is used in medicine and to
      color port wine. [Written also {ratany}.]
  
      {Savanilla rhatany}, the root of {Krameria Ixina}, a native
            of New Granada.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhatany \Rhat"a*ny\, Rhatanhy \Rhat"an*hy\, n. [Sp. ratania,
      rata[a4]a, Peruv. rata[a4]a.]
      The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian
      plant ({Krameria triandra}). It is used in medicine and to
      color port wine. [Written also {ratany}.]
  
      {Savanilla rhatany}, the root of {Krameria Ixina}, a native
            of New Granada.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Krameric \Kra*mer"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, {Krameria} (rhatany); as,
      krameric acid, usually called {ratanhia-tannic} acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Krummhorn \Krumm"horn`\, Krumhorn \Krum"horn`\
      (kr[oomac]m"h[ocir]rn`), n. [G. krummhorn cornet; krumm
      crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.)
      (a) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now
            obsolete (see {Cornet}, 1, a.).
      (b) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called {cremona}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Krummhorn \Krumm"horn`\, Krumhorn \Krum"horn`\
      (kr[oomac]m"h[ocir]rn`), n. [G. krummhorn cornet; krumm
      crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.)
      (a) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now
            obsolete (see {Cornet}, 1, a.).
      (b) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called {cremona}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kernersville, NC (town, FIPS 35600)
      Location: 36.11816 N, 80.07635 W
      Population (1990): 10836 (5069 housing units)
      Area: 18.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27284

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kramer, ND (city, FIPS 43500)
      Location: 48.69119 N, 100.70707 W
      Population (1990): 51 (46 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58748

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Khornerstone
  
      A multipurpose {benchmark} from {Workstation Labs} used in
      various periodicals.   The source is not free.   Results are
      published in "UNIX Review".
  
      (1993-04-15)
  
  

From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
   Korea, North
  
   Korea, North:Geography
  
   Location: Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean peninsula
   bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and Russia
  
   Map references: Asia
  
   Area:
   total area: 120,540 sq km
   land area: 120,410 sq km
   comparative area: slightly smaller than Mississippi
  
   Land boundaries: total 1,673 km, China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km,
   Russia 19 km
  
   Coastline: 2,495 km
  
   Maritime claims:
   territorial sea: 12 nm
   exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
   military boundary line: 50 nm in the Sea of Japan and the exclusive
   economic zone limit in the Yellow Sea where all foreign vessels and
   aircraft without permission are banned
  
   International disputes: short section of boundary with China is
   indefinite; Demarcation Line with South Korea
  
   Climate: temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer
  
   Terrain: mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys;
   coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east
  
   Natural resources: coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite,
   iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower
  
   Land use:
   arable land: 18%
   permanent crops: 1%
   meadows and pastures: 0%
   forest and woodland: 74%
   other: 7%
  
   Irrigated land: 14,000 sq km (1989)
  
   Environment:
   current issues: localized air pollution attributable to inadequate
   industrial controls; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable
   water
   natural hazards: late spring droughts often followed by severe
   flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall
   international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
   Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection,
   Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental
   Protocol, Law of the Sea
  
   Note: strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia;
   mountainous interior is isolated, nearly inaccessible, and sparsely
   populated
  
   Korea, North:People
  
   Population: 23,486,550 (July 1995 est.)
  
   Age structure:
   0-14 years: 30% (female 3,402,672; male 3,540,313)
   15-64 years: 66% (female 7,840,465; male 7,741,155)
   65 years and over: 4% (female 622,250; male 339,695) (July 1995 est.)
  
   Population growth rate: 1.78% (1995 est.)
  
   Birth rate: 23.31 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Death rate: 5.47 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Infant mortality rate: 26.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
  
   Life expectancy at birth:
   total population: 70.05 years
   male: 66.96 years
   female: 73.29 years (1995 est.)
  
   Total fertility rate: 2.34 children born/woman (1995 est.)
  
   Nationality:
   noun: Korean(s)
   adjective: Korean
  
   Ethnic divisions: racially homogeneous
  
   Religions: Buddhism and Confucianism, some Christianity and syncretic
   Chondogyo
   note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent;
   government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of
   religious freedom
  
   Languages: Korean
  
   Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write Korean (1990 est.)
   total population: 99%
   male: 99%
   female: 99%
  
   Labor force: 9.615 million
   by occupation: agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64%
   note: shortage of skilled and unskilled labor (mid-1987 est.)
  
   Korea, North:Government
  
   Names:
   conventional long form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
   conventional short form: North Korea
   local long form: Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk
   local short form: none
   note: the North Koreans generally use the term "Choson" to refer to
   their country
  
   Abbreviation: DPRK
  
   Digraph: KN
  
   Type: Communist state; Stalinist dictatorship
  
   Capital: P'yongyang
  
   Administrative divisions: 9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 3
   special cities* (jikhalsi, singular and plural); Chagang-do (Chagang
   Province), Hamgyong-bukto (North Hamgyong Province), Hamgyong-namdo
   (South Hamgyong Province), Hwanghae-bukto (North Hwanghae Province),
   Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae Province), Kaesong-si* (Kaesong City),
   Kangwon-do (Kangwon Province), Namp'o-si* (Namp'o City),
   P'yongan-bukto (North P'yongan Province), P'yongan-namdo (South
   P'yongan Province), P'yongyang-si* (P'yongyang City), Yanggang-do
   (Yanggang Province)
  
   Independence: 9 September 1948
   note: 15 August 1945, date of independence from the Japanese and
   celebrated in North Korea as National Liberation Day
  
   National holiday: DPRK Foundation Day, 9 September (1948)
  
   Constitution: adopted 1948, completely revised 27 December 1972,
   revised again in April 1992
  
   Legal system: based on German civil law system with Japanese
   influences and Communist legal theory; no judicial review of
   legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
  
   Suffrage: 17 years of age; universal
  
   Executive branch:
   chief of state: KIM Chong-il, is the son of and designated successor
   to former President KIM Il-song (who died 8 July 1994); formal
   succession has not yet taken place (January 1995); election last held
   24 May 1990 (next to be held by NA); results - President KIM Il-song
   was reelected without opposition
   head of government: Premier KANG Song-san (since December 1992)
   cabinet: State Administration Council; appointed by the Supreme
   People's Assembly
  
   Legislative branch: unicameral
   Supreme People's Assembly (Ch'oego Inmin Hoeui): elections last held
   on 7-9 April 1990 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by
   party NA; seats - (687 total) the KWP approves a single list of
   candidates who are elected without opposition; minor parties hold a
   few seats
  
   Judicial branch: Central Court
  
   Political parties and leaders: major party - Korean Workers' Party
   (KWP), KIM Chong-il, secretary, Central Committee; Korean Social
   Democratic Party, KIM Pyong-sik, chairman; Chondoist Chongu Party, YU
   Mi-yong, chairwoman
  
   Member of: ESCAP, FAO, G-77, ICAO, IFAD, IFRCS, IMO, INTELSAT
   (nonsignatory user), IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
   UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
  
   Diplomatic representation in US: none
  
   US diplomatic representation: none
  
   Flag: three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and
   blue; the red band is edged in white; on the hoist side of the red
   band is a white disk with a red five-pointed star
  
   Economy
  
   Overview: More than 90% of this command economy is socialized;
   agricultural land is collectivized; and state-owned industry produces
   95% of manufactured goods. State control of economic affairs is
   unusually tight even for a Communist country because of the small size
   and homogeneity of the society and the strict rule of KIM Il-song in
   the past and now his son, KIM Chong-il. Economic growth during the
   period 1984-88 averaged 2%-3%, but output declined by 3%-5% annually
   during 1989-92 because of systemic problems and disruptions in
   socialist-style economic relations with the former USSR and China. In
   1992, output dropped sharply, by perhaps 7%-9%, as the economy felt
   the cumulative effect of the reduction in outside support. The
   leadership insisted on maintaining its high level of military outlays
   from a shrinking economic pie. Moreover, a serious drawdown in
   inventories and critical shortages in the energy sector have led to
   increasing interruptions in industrial production. Abundant mineral
   resources and hydropower have formed the basis of industrial
   development since World War II. Output of the extractive industries
   includes coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and
   precious metals. Manufacturing is centered on heavy industry,
   including military industry, with light industry lagging far behind.
   Despite the use of improved seed varieties, expansion of irrigation,
   and the heavy use of fertilizers, North Korea has not yet become
   self-sufficient in food production. Indeed, a shortage of arable
   lands, several years of poor harvests, and a cumbersome distribution
   system have resulted in chronic food shortages. The collapse of
   Communism in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in 1989-91 has
   disrupted important technological links. North Korea remains far
   behind South Korea in economic development and living standards. GDP
   is stagnant.
  
   National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $21.3 billion (1994
   est.)
  
   National product real growth rate: 0% (1994 est.)
  
   National product per capita: $920 (1994 est.)
  
   Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
  
   Unemployment rate: NA%
  
   Budget:
   revenues: $19.3 billion
   expenditures: $19.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
   (1992 est.)
  
   Exports: $1.02 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)
   commodities: minerals, metallurgical products, agricultural and
   fishery products, manufactures (including armaments)
   partners: China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Germany, Hong Kong
  
   Imports: $1.64 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)
   commodities: petroleum, grain, coking coal, machinery and equipment,
   consumer goods
   partners: China, Russia, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore
  
   External debt: $8 billion (1992 est.)
  
   Industrial production: growth rate -7% to -9% (1992 est.)
  
   Electricity:
   capacity: 9,500,000 kW
   production: 50 billion kWh
   consumption per capita: 2,053 kWh (1993)
  
   Industries: machine building, military products, electric power,
   chemicals, mining, metallurgy, textiles, food processing
  
   Agriculture: accounts for about 25% of GDP and 36% of work force;
   principal crops - rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; livestock
   and livestock products - cattle, hogs, pork, eggs; not self-sufficient
   in grain
  
   Economic aid:
   recipient: Communist countries, $1.4 billion a year in the 1980s, but
   very little now
  
   Currency: 1 North Korean won (Wn) = 100 chon
  
   Exchange rates: North Korean won (Wn) per US$1 - 2.15 (May 1994), 2.13
   (May 1992), 2.14 (September 1991), 2.1 (January 1990), 2.3 (December
   1989)
  
   Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Korea, North:Transportation
  
   Railroads:
   total: 4,915 km
   standard gauge: 4,250 km 1.435-m gauge (3,397 km electrified; 159 km
   double track)
   narrow gauge: 665 km 0.762-m gauge (1989)
  
   Highways:
   total: 30,000 km
   paved: 1,861 km
   unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, earth 28,139 km (1992)
  
   Inland waterways: 2,253 km; mostly navigable by small craft only
  
   Pipelines: crude oil 37 km
  
   Ports: Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kimch'aek, Kosong, Najin,
   Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Ungsang, Wonsan
  
   Merchant marine:
   total: 87 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 727,631 GRT/1,149,291 DWT
  
   ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 70, combination bulk 1, oil tanker 3,
   passenger 2, passenger-cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1
   note: North Korea owns an additional 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
   totaling approximately 32,405 DWT that operate under Honduran registry
  
   Airports:
   total: 49
   with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2
   with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
   with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
   with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
   with paved runways under 914 m: 2
   with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
   with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 5
   with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 12
   with unpaved runways under 914 m: 6
  
   Korea, North:Communications
  
   Telephone system: telephone system is believed to be available only to
   government officials and not to private individuals
   local: NA
   intercity: NA
   international: 1 earth station near P'yongyang, uses an Indian Ocean
   INTELSAT satellite; other international connections through Moscow and
   Beijing
  
   Radio:
   broadcast stations: AM 18, FM 0, shortwave 0
   radios: 3.5 million
  
   Television:
   broadcast stations: 11
   televisions: 350,000 (1989)
  
   Korea, North:Defense Forces
  
   Branches: Korean People's Army (includes Army, Navy, Air Force), Civil
   Security Forces
  
   Manpower availability: males age 15-49 6,753,400; males fit for
   military service 4,094,854; males reach military age (18) annually
   193,480 (1995 est.)
  
   Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - about $5 billion,
   20%-25% of GDP (1991 est.); note - the officially announced but
   suspect figure is $2.2 billion (1994), about 12% of total spending
  
  
  
No guarantee of accuracy or completeness!
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