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  • 41Tumblehome — In ship design the Tumblehome is the narrowing of a ship s hull with greater distance above the water line. Expressed more technically, it is present when the beam at the uppermost deck is less than the maximum beam of the vessel.A small amount… …

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  • 42Walam Olum — The Walam Olum, usually translated as Red Record or Red Score, is purportedly a Lenape (also called Delaware ) Native American historical narrative. Controversy over the authenticity of the Walam Olum has been voiced since it was first published… …

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  • 43Sugar Loaf (Mackinac Island) — Sugar Loaf is a 75 foot high (23m) landlocked rock or stack in the interior of Mackinac Island in Lake Huron. Created by erosion during the period of postglacial Lake Algonquin, Sugar Loaf is the largest post glacial erosion feature in the… …

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  • 44Last of the Breed — a book by Louis L Amour, tells the fictional story of Native American USAF pilot Major Joseph Makatozi (Joe Mack), shot down over Soviet airspace. Although the exact time is never stated, it must be in the mid to late 1980s, the time Gorbachev w …

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  • 45Uriankhai — Regions with significant populations  Mongolia 26,654 …

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  • 46Height of Land Portage — Infobox nrhp | name =Height of Land Portage nrhp type = caption = The portage adjoins the cleared boundary vista, the faint vertical line crossing the isthmus between the lakes. nearest city= Grand Marais, Minnesota area = architect= architecture …

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  • 47Lubsan Sharab Tepkin — (1875 1941?) was a Buddhist priest of Kalmyk origin who was born in the Bokshirgankan aimak in the Salsk District of the Don Cossack Host sometime in 1875. Lubsan Tepkin was born to Dandun Tepkin, a horsebreeder and a member of a prominent family …

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  • 48Menko Bormanzhinov — Portrait painting of Lama Mönke Bormanzhinov by Mr. Alexander Burtschinow. Menko Bormanzhinov (1855 – 1919) was a Buddhist priest of Kalmyk origin who was born in the Bokshirgankan aimak in the Salsk District of the Don Cossack Host sometime in… …

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  • 49John Glad — is an American academic who specializes in translations of Russian literature. Glad, who is Jewish, has written about Nazi Germany, World War II and the Holocaust. He received his Ph.D. degree from Rutgers University, and is currently a professor …

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  • 50Shurguchi Nimgirov — (d. 1920) was a Buddhist priest of Kalmyk origin who was born in the Bayuda aimak ( Batlaevskaia stanista ) in the Salsk District of the Don Cossack Host.Lama Nimgirov was Baksha of the khurul in the Bayuda aimak when, in 1919, he succeeded Menko …

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