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11motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …
12History of the United States (1789–1849) — This is an article that covers the History of the United States from 1789 through 1849, Westward Expansion .After the election of George Washington as the first President in 1789, Congress passed the first of many laws organizing the government… …
13List of characters in The Archers — This is a list of many of the characters from the long running British radio soap The Archers .A list of all Archers characters, and the actors who played them, can be found [http://www.azande.demon.co.uk/archers/castlist.htm here] , although the …
14List of The Archers characters — This is a list of many of the characters from the long running British radio soap The Archers. A list of all Archers characters, and the actors who played them, can be found here, although the list ends in 1997. The credits which follow are not… …
15Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Mount Olympus Meets the Middle Kingdom — Introduction officially Games of the XXIX Olympiad The Games of the XXIX Olympiad, involving some 200 Olympic committees and as many as 13,000 accredited athletes competing in 28 different sports, were auspiciously scheduled to begin at 8 …
16List of The Bill characters (M-P) — This is a list of characters from the police drama The Bill ordered alphabetically by character surname. For a full list of characters ordered by rank, see list of The Bill characters. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at… …
17Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War —   …
18Conan the Great —   cover of Conan the Great …
19on the verge of — 1. On the point of 2. On the brink of, very close to (a state, condition or situation) • • • Main Entry: ↑verge * * * on the verge of US + Brit : at the point when (something) is about to happen or is very likely to happen The company was on the… …
20hover — hov|er [ havər ] verb intransitive * 1. ) if a bird, insect, or aircraft hovers, it keeps itself in the same position in the air: An army helicopter hovered overhead. 2. ) to stay somewhere because you are waiting to do something or because you… …
