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11Matias Duarte — Born Matias Gonzalo Duarte 1973 Talca, Chile[1] Occupation …
12Boone County Fire Protection District — InfoboxFireDepartment name = Boone County Fire Protection District motto = A Helping Hand established = 1964 staffing = Volunteer strength = 400 stations = 14 engines = 14 tankers = 8 grass trucks = 9 rescue squads = 2 rescue boats = 3 reserve… …
13Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
14Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
15Life 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… …
16fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with …
17international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
18biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
19Cavendish experiment — The Cavendish experiment, done in 1797 ndash; 1798 by Henry Cavendish, was the first experiment to measure the force of gravity between masses in the laboratory, [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZrloHemOmUEC pg=PA355 Boys 1894] p.355] and the… …
20police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …
