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  • 51Albert Percy Blesing — (September 9, 1879 March 2, 1949) was a farmer and politician from South Australia who served as Minister for Agriculture (1933 1944), for Local Government (1933 1938) and for Afforestation (1938 1944). [SA Agriculture Ministers since 1856… …

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  • 52Pharr — /fahr/, n. a city in S Texas. 21,381. * * * ▪ Texas, United States       city, Hidalgo county, southern Texas, U.S., in the lower Rio Grande valley. It is one of several small cities in the area (including McAllen, San Juan, and Edinburg) with… …

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  • 53Gosford — ▪ New South Wales, Australia       city, east central New South Wales, Australia, at the north end of the Brisbane Water branch of Broken Bay.       Surveyed and founded in 1839 and named after the 2nd earl of Gosford (Gosford, Archibald Acheson …

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  • 54Organic certification — Mixed organic bean sprouts Organic certification is a certification process for producers of organic food and other organic agricultural products. In general, any business directly involved in food production can be certified, including seed… …

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  • 55mixedfarming — mixed farming n. The use of a single farm for multiple purposes, as the growing of cash crops or the raising of livestock. * * * …

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  • 56United 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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  • 57cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …

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  • 58Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural&#8230; …

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  • 59literature — /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.&#8230; …

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  • 60performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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