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111Arches National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) …
112France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
113List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …
114Innovations in the piano — This article covers a number of innovations from recent times in the building of pianos.Piano construction is by now a rather conservative area; most of the technological advances were made by about 1500, and indeed it is possible that some… …
115Ascended Master Teachings — Students of Ascended Master Teachings organizations (also known as Ascended Master Activities ) believe that the Presence of Life God Individualizes as the I AM and incarnates throughout the created universes. They believe that their Teachings… …
116Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
117international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
118Standard American — (also Standard American Yellow Card, abbreviated SAYC) is a common bidding system for the game of bridge in the United States, also widely used in the rest of the world. This system, or a slight variant, is learned first by most beginners in the… …
119Fly system — Fly loft of the Theater Bielefeld in Germany A fly system, flying system or theatrical rigging system, is a system of lines (e.g. ropes), blocks (pulleys), counterweights and related devices within a theatre that enable a stage crew to quickly,… …
120Boring Club — The Boring Club (or in Dutch: Saaie klaver) is a bidding system in contract bridge designed by Lucas Smid of the Netherlands. In this system all balanced ( boring ) hands, that in most natural systems would be opened 1NT or would be opened in a… …
