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21Insect wing — Original veins and wing posture of a dragonfly. Hoverflies hovering to mate …
22DNA damage theory of aging — The DNA damage theory of aging proposes that aging is a consequence of unrepaired DNA damage accumulation. Damage in this context includes chemical reactions that mutate DNA and/or interfere with DNA replication. Although both mitochondrial and… …
23Final Fantasy character classes — Articleissues cleanup = May 2008 OR = July 2008 refimprove = June 2008 In several installments of the Final Fantasy series of role playing games by Square Enix, classes (jobs) are roles assigned to playable characters that determine the character …
24Queen (chess) — The queen (unicode|♕,unicode|♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. Each player starts the game with one queen, placed in the middle of their first rank next to their king. The white queen starts on a white square, and the black… …
25The Wealth of Nations — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith. It is a clearly written account of economics at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, as well as a rhetorical piece written… …
26Mortgage life insurance — is a form of insurance specifically designed to protect a repayment mortgage. If the policyholder were to die while the mortgage life insurance was in force, the policy would pay out a capital sum that will be just sufficient to repay the… …
27Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle — For other people named Duke of Newcastle, see Dukes of Newcastle. His Grace The Duke of Newcastle KG PC Prime Minister of Great Britain …
28Natural selection — For other uses, see Natural Selection (disambiguation). Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …
29Geostrategy — The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is a geostrategic military alliance concerned with most of Europe and North America Geostrategy, a subfield of geopolitics, is a type of foreign policy guided principally by geographical factors as they… …
30Romania — /roh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 21,399,114; 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Cap.: Bucharest. Romanian, România /rddaw mu nyah/. * * * Romania Introduction Romania Background: Soviet… …
