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  • 1Doorways in the Sand —   …

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  • 2Lines in the Sand (House) — This page refers to the TV episode, for other uses of this phrase, see the Lines in the Sand disambiguation page House (TV series) episode episode name = Lines in the Sand episode no = HOU 304 airdate = September 26 2006 writer = David Hoselton… …

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  • 3purification rite — ▪ anthropology Introduction       any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed in an attempt to reestablish lost purity or to create a higher degree of purity in relation to the sacred (the transcendental realm) or the social and cultural realm …

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  • 4List of Marvel Family enemies — Through his adventures, Fawcett Comics/DC Comics superhero Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family gained a host of enemies, including the following: Contents 1 Acrobat 2 Adolf Hitler 3 Amoeba Family …

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  • 5Infanticide — is the practice of someone intentionally causing the death of an infant. Often it is the mother who commits the act, but criminology recognises various forms of non maternal child murder. In many past societies, certain forms of infanticide were… …

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  • 6Huolongjing — The Huolongjing (Wade Giles: Huo Lung Ching ; Traditional Chinese: 火龍經, rendered by its translator into English as Fire Drake Manual but correctly meaning Fire Dragon Manual ) is a 14th century military treatise that was compiled and edited by… …

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  • 7Utica — • A titular see in Africa Proconsularis Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Utica     Utica     † …

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  • 8choke up — {v.} 1a. To come near losing calmness or self control from strong feeling; be upset by your feelings. * /When one speaker after another praised John, he choked up and couldn t thank them./ * /When Father tried to tell me how glad he was to see me …

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  • 9choke up — {v.} 1a. To come near losing calmness or self control from strong feeling; be upset by your feelings. * /When one speaker after another praised John, he choked up and couldn t thank them./ * /When Father tried to tell me how glad he was to see me …

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  • 10charadriiform — ▪ bird order Introduction    any member of the large group of birds (bird) that includes the sandpipers (sandpiper), plovers (plover), gulls (gull), auks (auk), and their relatives. These birds form an important and familiar segment of the… …

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