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  • 21Puerto Ricans in the United States — Ethnic group group= Puerto Rican American Puertorriqueño Americano caption = Notable Puerto Rican Americans: Joseph M. Acaba·Ana Ortiz·Val Ramos Alexis Cruz·Jennifer Lopez·Rita Moreno poptime= Puerto Rican 4,120,205 Americans [ [http://factfinder …

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  • 22Baduanjin qigong — The Baduanjin (zh ts|t=八段錦氣功|s=八段锦气功) is one of the most common forms of Chinese qigong used as exercise. [cite book| last = Kuei| first = Stephen| title = Beginning Qigong: Chinese Secrets for Health and Longevity| publisher = Tuttle Publishing| …

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  • 23Excelsior Handicap — The Excelsior Handicap is a venerable American Thoroughbred horse race run at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York during the Spring of each year. In its 96th running in April 2008, the Grade III event is for three year olds and up and set at a …

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  • 24Greece — /grees/, n. 1. Ancient Greek, Hellas. Modern Greek, Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 10,583,126; 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Cap.: Athens. 2. a city in W New York. 16,177. * * * Greece Introduction Greece… …

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  • 25Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …

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  • 26mysticism — /mis teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. the beliefs, ideas, or mode of thought of mystics. 2. a doctrine of an immediate spiritual intuition of truths believed to transcend ordinary understanding, or of a direct, intimate union of the soul with God through… …

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  • 27theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …

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  • 28human evolution — Evolution of modern human beings from nonhuman and extinct hominid forms. Genetic evidence points to an evolutionary divergence between the lineages of humans and the great apes (Pongidae) on the African continent 5–8 million years ago. The… …

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  • 29cast — Synonyms and related words: Ace bandage, Band Aid, Platonic form, Platonic idea, a thing for, abandon, abdicate, about ship, account, achromatism, acting company, actor, add, address, adhesive tape, aesthetic form, affinity, age group, aggregate …

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  • 30ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit …

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