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  • 21harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled  harbor        any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …

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  • 22Pontcysyllte Aqueduct — The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct pronounced|ˌpɔntkəˈsʌɬtɛ) (and approximately pronounced pont kuss uth tay ) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee, between the villages of Trevor and Froncysyllte,… …

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  • 231996 Pacific typhoon season — Infobox hurricane season Track=1996 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg Basin=WPac Year=1996 First storm formed=February 23, 1996 Last storm dissipated=December 31, 1996 Strongest storm name=Herb Strongest storm pressure=925 Strongest storm… …

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  • 24Hurricane Bonnie (1998) — Infobox Hurricane Name=Hurricane Bonnie Type=hurricane Year=1998 Basin=Atl Image location=Hurricane Bonnie 26 aug 1998 2005Z.jpg Formed=August 19, 1998 Dissipated=August 30, 1998 1 min winds=100 Pressure=954 Da Inflated=1 Fatalities=3 direct… …

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  • 25Beach cusps — are shoreline formations made up of various grades of sediment in an arc pattern. The horns are made up of coarser materials and the embayment contains all the finer grain sediment. They can be found all over the world and are most noticeable on… …

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  • 26Great Depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s. * * * or Depression of 1929 Longest and most severe …

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  • 27mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …

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  • 28(s)ker-4, (s)kerǝ-, (s)krē- —     (s)ker 4, (s)kerǝ , (s)krē     English meaning: to cut     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden”     Material: I. A. O.Ind. ava , apa skara “Exkremente (Ausscheidung)”; kr̥ṇüti, kr̥ṇōti “verletzt, slays “ (lex.), utkīrṇ a “ausgeschnitten,… …

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  • 29Pinball — covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible. Secondary objectives are to maximize the time spent playing (by earning extra balls and keeping the ball in play as long as possible) …

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  • 30United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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