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  • 41Axis of Evil Comedy Tour — The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour is a stand up comedy tour featuring Middle Eastern comedians Ahmed Ahmed, Aron Kader and Maz Jobrani, with special guest Dean Obeidallah. The Tour started in November of 2005, and was named after George W. Bush… …

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  • 42Axis leaders of World War II — The Axis leaders of World War II were the important political and military figures during the war. They basically led all of the other Axis powers. They were established with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in 1940 and pursued a strong… …

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  • 43axis — 1. n. (pl. axes) 1 a an imaginary line about which a body rotates or about which a plane figure is conceived as generating a solid. b a line which divides a regular figure symmetrically. 2 Math. a fixed reference line for the measurement of… …

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  • 44Axis — 1. n. (pl. axes) 1 a an imaginary line about which a body rotates or about which a plane figure is conceived as generating a solid. b a line which divides a regular figure symmetrically. 2 Math. a fixed reference line for the measurement of… …

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  • 45axis — noun (plural axes) Etymology: Latin, axis, axle; akin to Old English eax axis, axle, Greek axōn, Lithuanian ašis, Sanskrit akṣaḥ Date: 14th century 1. a. a straight line about which a body or a geometric figure rotates or may be …

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  • 46Axis Chemicals — Infobox comics location imagesize= caption= publisher=DC Comics debut= creators= building=y residents= races= locations= subcat= altcat=Gotham City sortkey=PAGENAME|Axis Chemicals (or Ace Chemical Processing Inc.) is a fictional chemical plant in …

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  • 47Axis Theatre Company — The Axis Theatre Company is a theatre company in New York, working at a theatre at 1 Sheridan Square.This theatre has a long history as a vibrant, varied West Village performance space. Built in 1834 by Samuel Whitmore, it wasn t until the 1930s… …

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  • 48axis of rotation — noun a) the axis about which any body rotates b) the line joining the North Pole and South Pole about which the Earth rotates daily …

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  • 49About the editor —  and contributors  Editor  Carl Cavanagh Hodge is an associate professor of political science at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. His is a former Senior Volkswagen Research Fellow with the American Institute of Contemporary German… …

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  • 50axis of revolution — Math. an axis in a plane, about which an area is revolved to form a solid of revolution. * * * …

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