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  • 91William R. Haine — Infobox State Senator imagesize = 150px name=William R. Haine state senate=Illinois state=Illinois district=56th term=2002 preceded= succeeded=Incumbent date of birth=birth date and age|1944|08|08 place of birth=Alton, Illinois date of death=… …

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  • 92kingmaker — noun Date: 1599 one having great influence over the choice of candidates for political office …

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  • 93Szlachta — (IPAudio|Szlachta.ogg| [ ʃlaxta] ) refers to the noble class in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (since 1569 semi federal, semi confederal part of Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth) and territories under their control (such as… …

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  • 94Never at War — Never at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another is a book by the historian and physicist Spencer R. Weart published by Yale University Press in 1998. It examines political and military conflicts throughout human history and finds no… …

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  • 95William of Hirsau — William of Hirsau, or Wilhelm von Hirschau (b. about 1030; d. 5 July 1091) was a Benedictine abbot and monastic reformer. He was abbot of Hirsau Abbey, for whom he created the Constitutiones Hirsaugienses , based on the uses of Cluny, and was the …

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  • 96Cranley Onslow — Cranley Gordon Douglas Onslow, Baron Onslow of Woking KCMG PC (8 June 1926 – 13 March 2001) was a British politician and served as the Conservative MP for Woking from 1964 to 1997. Onslow was related to the Earl of Onslow, and was named for one… …

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  • 97Guildford School of Acting — is a drama school located in Guildford, Surrey, England. GSA has built an international reputation for excellence in training for actors and technicians in all areas of theatre and the recorded media. Acting, Musical Theatre, Professional… …

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  • 98generalelection — general election n. An election involving all or most constituencies of a state or nation in the choice of candidates. * * * …

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  • 99perestroika — /per euh stroy keuh/; Russ. /pyi rddyi strddoy keuh/, n. Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986. [ < Russ perestróika lit., rebuilding, reorganization] * * * (Russian;&#8230; …

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  • 100Nelson, Samuel — ▪ United States jurist born Nov. 10, 1792, Hebron, N.Y., U.S. died Dec. 13, 1873, Cooperstown, N.Y.       associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1845–72).       Nelson was the son of farmers John Rogers Nelson and Jean&#8230; …

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