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  • 71History of Athens — The Acropolis of Athens by Leo von Klenze Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for at least 7000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the… …

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  • 72History in For Want of a Nail — For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga is an alternate history novel by Robert Sobel that takes the form of a history of North America from 1763 to 1971. Over the course of its 441 pages, For Want of a Nail details the failure of the …

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  • 73List of fictional United States Presidents G-M — The following is a list of fictional United States presidents, G through M.GActing President Hal Gardner *Acting President in: 24 (2007 2009) *After Charles Logan is arrested in fifth season finale of 24 , Gardner would be next in line of… …

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  • 74Dominican Republic — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 8,228,151; 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Cap.: Santo Domingo. Formerly, Santo Domingo, San Domingo. * * * Dominican Republic Introduction Dominican Republic… …

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  • 75japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 76Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 77Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet …

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  • 78Two Treatises of Government — Infobox Book name = Two Treatises of Government title orig = translator = image caption = Title page from the first edition author = John Locke illustrator = cover artist = country = England language = English series = subject = Political… …

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  • 79List of fictional revolutions and coups — This is a list of fictional coups d état and revolutions in various media: instances that are mentioned or described in fictional works but have not occurred in reality. TOC Books* Animal Farm by George Orwell **In this satirical allegory, farm… …

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  • 80Covert U.S. regime change actions — The United States has underaken many covert regime change actions. Introduction According to a variety of sources, [http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/07/09/edmanz ed3 .php] [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Herman%20/Guatemala Iraq Pitbull.html]… …

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