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  • 1Tenerife airport disaster — Tenerife disaster (KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736) CGI rendering of KLM Flight 4805 immediately before it collided with Pan Am Flight 1736. Accident summary …

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  • 2Battle of Cassinga — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Cassinga caption=SADF paratroopers leaving Cassinga partof=the South African Border War; Angolan Civil War date=4 May 1978 place=Cassinga, Angola result=Decisive South African victory… …

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  • 3RMS Tayleur — The RMS Tayleur was a fully rigged iron clipper chartered by the White Star Line, and her fate would be a black mark on that company for years to come. HistoryConstructionThe Tayleur was designed by William Rennie of Liverpool and built for… …

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  • 4near — near1 W1S1 [nıə US nır] adv, prep ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(short distance away)¦ 2¦(short time before)¦ 3¦(almost doing something)¦ 4¦(amount or level)¦ 5¦(similar)¦ 6 near perfect/impossible etc 7 draw near 8 (as) near as damn it 9 near enough …

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  • 5List of Eureka episodes — The following is a list of episodes for the American science fiction drama Eureka. In addition to the regularly televised episodes, there is a short webisode series called Hide and Seek , which is available on Syfy s Eureka homepage. The episodes …

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  • 6near — 1 adverb, preposition 1 only a short distance from a person or thing: Bob was standing near enough to hear what they said. | Why don t you move your chair nearer mine? | near to: Don t sit too near to the screen. | go/come/get etc near (=to move… …

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  • 7USS Wileman (DE-22) — Career …

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  • 8Airport '77 — Infobox Film name = Airport 77 amg id = 1:1310 imdb id = 0075648 producer = Jennings Lang William Frye director = Jerry Jameson writer = Charles Kuenstle (story) Michael Scheff David Spector (screenplay) starring = Jack Lemmon Lee Grant James… …

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  • 9literature — /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.… …

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  • 10china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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