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41Pyinmana — A town located 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of Rangoon (Yangon) in the southern part of Mandalay Division. Pyinmana was the site of the headquarters of the Burma Defence Army during World War II and an insurgency by the Communist Party of… …
42according — 1. according as. This is now well established as a subordinating conjunction meaning ‘depending on whether, to the extent to which’, despite Fowler s long warning (1926) against its use: e.g. • Llanaba Castle presents two quite different aspects …
43risk — In insurance law, the danger or hazard of a loss of the property insured; the casualty contemplated in a contract of insurance; the degree of hazard; a specified contingency or peril; and, colloquially, the specific house, factory, ship, etc.,… …
44probable — Likely to occur, but involving an element of uncertainty. Green v Catawaba Power Co. 75 SC 102, 55 SE 125. With a greater weight of evidence in support than against. State v Trout, 74 Iowa 545, 38 NW 405 …
45ARAB POPULATION — GENERAL SURVEY Under the British Mandate, 1917–48 In 1917, at the time of the British conquest of Palestine during World War I, the country s Arabic speaking population numbered less than 600,000 persons; in 1947 it was estimated at 1,200,000.… …
46United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
47spectroscopy — spectroscopist /spek tros keuh pist/, n. /spek tros keuh pee, spek treuh skoh pee/, n. the science that deals with the use of the spectroscope and with spectrum analysis. [1865 70; SPECTRO + SCOPY] * * * Branch of analysis devoted to identifying… …
48Info-gap decision theory — is a non probabilistic decision theory that seeks to optimize robustness to failure – or opportuneness for windfall – under severe uncertainty,[1][2] in particular applying sensitivity analysis of the stability radius type[3] to perturbations in… …
49Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity. Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …
50Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …