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121Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq — The decline in attacks after surge operations fully commenced stated in the report, taken from the United States Department of Defense website …
122Society of the United States — The society or culture of the United States is a Western culture, and has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique characteristics and developments such as dialect, music, arts, cuisine, etc. Today… …
123Triassic Period — Interval of geologic time, с 248–206 million years ago, that marks the beginning of the Mesozoic Era. Many new vertebrates emerged during the Triassic, heralding the major changes that were to occur in both terrestrial and marine life forms… …
124William Shakespeare by Edmund Malone — ▪ Primary Source The following document is one of several portraits presented in Edmund Malone s Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Stage (1800). In addition to a general examination of the origins of theatre in… …
125Malvern water — This article is about natural Malvern spring water. For the bottled product, see Malvern Water (bottled water). St. Ann s Well, Great Malvern, a popular café for walkers on the hills. The building on the right houses the spout from which the… …
126disparage — I verb affront, asperse, be insolent, be rude, belittle, bemock, besmear, bespatter, blacken, blot, bring reproach upon, calumniate, cavil, censure, cheapen, condemn, contemn, criticize, debase, decry, defame, deflate, degrade, denigrate,… …
127discommend — I verb asperse, attack, belittle, bring into discredit, censure, clamor against, condemn, contemn, criticize, decry, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, detract, disapprove, discredit, disfavor, disparage, dispraise,… …
128defect. — de|fect «noun. DEE fehkt; verb. dih FEHKT», noun, verb. –n. 1. a fault; blemish; imperfection: »The hole was a defect in the material. A bad temper was the defect in his nature. 2. lack of something needed for completeness; a falling short: »A… …
