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51The Boat Race — Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race. Cambridge at the left. The event generally known as The Boat Race is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between… …
52Taelon — A member of the Taelon species present in its natural form Founder Ra jel (The First the Last Taelon) Current leader Quo on (Season 1) Zo or (Season 2 4) Official language Eunoia …
532005 in Ireland — Incumbents* President Mary McAleese * Taoiseach Bertie Ahern * Tánaiste Mary HarneyEventsJanuary*January 1 Cork officially becomes the European Capital of Culture for 2005. Ireland celebrated the Hamilton year of physics *January 1 Littlepace… …
54top — [[t]tɒ̱p[/t]] ♦ tops, topping, topped 1) N COUNT: usu the N in sing, oft N of n The top of something is its highest point or part. I waited at the top of the stairs. ...the picture at the top of the page... Bake the biscuits for 20 25 minutes,… …
55Jason Gillespie — Infobox cricketer biography playername = Jason Gillespie country = Australia fullname = Jason Neil Gillespie nickname = Dizzy, The Walking Forward Defence living = true dayofbirth = 19 monthofbirth = 4 yearofbirth = 1975 placeofbirth = Sydney… …
56thunderstorm — /thun deuhr stawrm /, n. a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds. Also called electrical storm. [1645 55; THUNDER + STORM] * * * Violent, short… …
57tornado — tornadic /tawr nad ik, nay dik/, adj. tornadolike, adj. /tawr nay doh/, n., pl. tornadoes, tornados. 1. a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, esp. in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel shaped cloud… …
58earthquake — /errth kwayk /, n. 1. a series of vibrations induced in the earth s crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating. 2. something that is severely disruptive; upheaval. [1300 50; ME erthequake …
59Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… …
60United 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… …
