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  • 1literature — /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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  • 2international 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… …

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  • 3Rist, Pipilotti — ▪ 2001       As art critics proclaimed, 2000 was the year that Swiss video installation artist Pipilotti Rist “arrived.” The year marked her first solo debut at two major North American venues, the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal and the Luhring… …

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  • 4Tiger Suit — Studio album by KT Tunstall Released 22 September 2010 ( …

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  • 5Scouting for All — est une organisation américaine de défense des droits individuels. Elle est classée comme organisation à but non lucratif, dont le but est de promouvoir la tolérance et la diversité culturelle au sein de Boy Scouts of America, notamment vis à vis …

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  • 6Generation Y — Millennial redirects here. For the concept Millennialism, see Millennialism. This article is about the demographic cohort (a group of subjects with a common defining characteristic) following Generation X. For other uses, see Generation Y… …

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  • 7Kamboja colonists of Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon or Lanka) is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent, about 31 kilometres (18.5 mi) south of India. Lanka in Sanskrit means island ( Tapu ). [ Pre Aryan and Pre dravidian in… …

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  • 8Hermann Detzner — Hermann Philipp Detzner Hermann Detzner, portrayed on the jacket of the 1921 edition of his book, Four Years Among the Cannibals …

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  • 9Mathematical fallacy — In mathematics, certain kinds of mistakes in proof, calculation, or derivation are often exhibited, and sometimes collected, as illustrations of the concept of mathematical fallacy. The specimens of the greatest interest can be seen as… …

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  • 10geometry — /jee om i tree/, n. 1. the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties… …

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