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  • 42Teapot Dome scandal — overlooking the field. In 1921, by executive order of President Harding, control of naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and at Elk Hills, California, was transferred from the Navy Department to the Department of the Interior. The oil… …

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  • 43Geraldine Ferraro — Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York s 9th district In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 …

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  • 45Early Modern Romania — is the portion of Romanian history that falls in the early modern period, roughly from the end of the 15th century to the end of the 18th century (or from the union of Mihai Viteazul of 1600–1601, to the revolution of Tudor Vladimirescu in 1821.) …

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  • 46Bushido literature — Early Literature=KojikiThe Kojiki is Japan s oldest extant book. Written in 712 AD, it contains passages about Yamato Takeru, the son of the emperor Keiko. It includes references to the use and admiration of the sword by Japanese warriors:: The… …

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  • 47refuse — refuse1 refusable, adj. refuser, n. /ri fyoohz /, v., refused, refusing. v.t. 1. to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award. 2. to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.): to refuse permission. 3. to express a… …

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  • 48ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …

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  • 49Holy Synod — • The name of the council by which the Church of Russia and, following its example, many other Orthodox Churches are governed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holy Synod     Holy Synod …

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  • 50List of The X-Files characters — For Monster of the Week characters, see List of Monster of the Week characters in The X Files. The following is a list of all main and recurring characters (who have appeared three times or more, with a few exceptions) in the American science… …

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