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  • 41Places of interest in Kolkata — Kolkata has been nicknamed the City of Palaces. This comes from the numerous palatial mansions built all over the city.During the British colonial era from 1700–1912, when Kolkata was the capital of British India, Kolkata witnessed a spate of… …

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  • 42Nicetown-Tioga, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Nicetown Tioga is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It comprises two smaller, older neighborhoods, Nicetown and Tioga, although the distinction between the two is… …

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  • 43Copper mining in the United States — US primary copper production 1900 2008. Source: USGS …

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  • 44Antarctica — /ant ahrk ti keuh, ahr ti /, n. the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. ab. 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km). Also called Antarctic Continent. * * * Antarctica Introduction Antarctica Background:… …

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  • 45population — populational, adj. populationless, adj. /pop yeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area. 2. the body of inhabitants of a place: The population of the city opposes the addition of… …

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  • 46Chaugaon — Gotane   village   Indicator Board outside the village …

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  • 47eco-anxiety — n. Worry or agitation caused by concerns about the present and future state of the environment. Example Citations: Still, automakers should be worried. The latest sales figures from Britain Europe s largest SUV market show demand down 6 percent… …

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  • 48plunge — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, advance, agiotage, ante, ante up, arbitrage, ascend, back, back up, bate, be caught short, be eaten away, be short, beat down, belong, bet, bet on, blunder, boil, break, bucket, bucketshop, budge, bundle …

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  • 49drop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. let fall; give up, abandon; fall, plunge; faint, collapse; cease, terminate, end; drip; dismiss, let go. See descent, relinquishment, impotence. n. globule, bead; minim; bit, mite; descent. See… …

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  • 50EDUCATION, JEWISH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline. Bibliography at the end of a section is indicated by (†). in the biblical period the nature of the sources historical survey the patriarchal period and the settlement the kingdom the… …

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