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  • 21productivity — pro·duc·tiv·i·ty (prō dŭk tĭvʹĭ tē, prŏd ək ) n. 1. The quality of being productive. 2. Economics. The rate at which goods or services are produced especially output per unit of labor. 3. Ecology. The rate at which radiant energy is used by… …

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  • 22Libya — /lib ee euh/, n. 1. Anc. Geog. the part of N Africa W of Egypt. 2. Italian, Libia. a republic in N Africa between Tunisia and Egypt: formerly a monarchy 1951 69. 5,648,359; 679,400 sq. mi. (1,759,646 sq. km). Cap.: Tripoli. * * * Libya… …

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  • 23National Water Carrier of Israel — The National Water Carrier near Beit Netofa The National Water Carrier of Israel (Hebrew: המוביל הארצי‎, HaMovil HaArtzi) is the largest water project in Israel.[1] Its main task is to transfer water from the …

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  • 24Ghana — Ghanaian, Ghanian /gah nee euhn, gan ee /, n., adj. /gah neuh, gan euh/, n. 1. a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of… …

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  • 25Islāmic world — Introduction  prehistory and history of the Islamic community.       Adherence to Islām is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to 40 countries, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and along a belt that stretches across northern… …

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  • 26JEWISH AGENCY — (Heb. הַסּוֹכְנוּת הַיּהוּדִית לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, Ha Sokhenut ha Yehudit le Ereẓ Israel), international, nongovernment body, centered in Jerusalem, which is the executive and representative of the World zionist organization , whose aims are to… …

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  • 27Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August, 1929, Cmd. 3530 — v · …

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  • 28Weizmann, Chaim — (1874–1952)    Zionist leader and first president of Israel. Between the two World Wars, the Zionist Movement was dominated by the personality of Dr Chaim Weizmann. A Russian born research chemist, he moved with assurance in the political and… …

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  • 29PALESTINE, PARTITION AND PARTITION PLANS — The first partition of Palestine took place in 1922, when the British government excluded Transjordan from the area to which the provisions of the balfour Declaration would apply. The Zionist Executive reluctantly acquiesced in this decision. The …

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  • 30Mycorrhiza — This mycorrhiza includes a fungus in the genus Amanita A mycorrhiza (Gk. μυκός, mykós, fungus and ριζα, riza, roots ,[1] pl mycorrhizae, mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic (generally mutualistic …

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