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  • 1ill-fated — adj. Ill fated is used with these nouns: ↑attempt, ↑expedition, ↑venture …

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  • 2attempt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ successful ▪ abortive, botched, failed, fruitless, futile, ill fated, misguided, unsuccessful …

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  • 3Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 4unlucky — unlucky, disastrous, ill starred, ill fated, unfortunate, calamitous, luckless, hapless can all mean having, meeting, or promising an outcome that is distinctly unfavorable (as to hopes, plans, or well being). Unlucky implies that in spite of… …

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  • 5Fidel Castro — Castro in 2003 First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba …

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  • 6List of BattleTech characters — The fictional universe of the BattleTech wargaming and science fiction franchise is populated with many significant recurring characters, a number of which appear both in novelizations and in game backstories. Some also factor into the plots of… …

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  • 7Spectacular Bid — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Spectacular Bid caption = Sports Illustrated cover story on Spectacular Bid sire = Bold Bidder grandsire = Bold Ruler dam = Spectacular damsire = Promised Land sex = Stallion foaled = 1976 country = USA… …

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  • 8Wiltshire Regiment — The Wiltshire Regiment Badge of the Wiltshire Regiment Active 1881–1959 Country …

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  • 9Television in Greece and Cyprus — Television broadcasting in Greece began in 1966, with the first network, EPT (Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi) broadcasting out of Athens, as a state owned monopoly. Original broadcasts were in black and white. A second network, YENED, opened in… …

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  • 10Lagos, Portugal — Infobox Municipality pt official name = Lagos image coat of arms = LGS.png Region = Algarve Subregion = Algarve District = Faro Mayor name = Júlio Barroso Mayor party = PS area total = 212.8 population total = 27,041 population density = 127… …

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