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1Near East Foundation — The Near East Foundation (NEF), formerly the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief (ACASR),[1] is a Syracuse, NY based American development agency founded in 1915. NEF s mission is to help people in the Middle East and Africa build… …
2Near Oceania — or Near Melanesia is the part of Oceania settled 35,000 years ago, comprising western Island Melanesia: the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands archipelago.[1] Some definitions include Australia and New Guinea.[citation needed] Compare… …
3Century egg — sliced open Chinese name Chinese …
4Near-death experience — NDE redirects here. For other uses, see NDE (disambiguation). Near death redirects here. For other uses, see Near death (disambiguation). Gustave Doré s depiction of the highest heaven as described by Dante Alighieri in the Paradiso A near death… …
5MODERN TIMES – FROM THE 1880S TO THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY — introduction effects of anti jewish discrimination in russia pogroms and mass emigration german jewry racism and antisemitism The Economic Crisis of the Early 1930s In Soviet Russia after 1917 new types of social organization contribution to… …
6Royal Canadian Mint numismatic coins (20th century) — One of the most highly profitable aspects of the Royal Canadian Mint’s enterprise is in its Numismatic product line.[1] One[who?] could argue that the first Numismatic coin from RCM was the 1935 dollar to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His… …
7Black Mountain (near Los Altos, California) — For other summits in California, see Black Mountain (disambiguation). Black Mountain View of the Santa Cruz Mountains from the summit of Black Mountain on a cloudy day …
8Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
9France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
