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  • 21Stadium-Chinatown Station — Infobox Vancouver SkyTrain station name = Stadium Chinatown Station caption = Entering the station from Beatty St. This entrance is normally used by BC Place goers. first opened = 1985 line = Expo Line, Millennium Line connections = 257 Horseshoe …

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  • 22Newport Beachside Resort Miami (Miami) — Newport Beachside Resort Miami country: United States, city: Miami (Miami Beach) Newport Beachside Resort Miami When you imagine a tropical vacation in Florida, you picture crystal clear water, warm sun and white, sandy beaches. Allow us to… …

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  • 23checker — check|er [ tʃekər ] noun count AMERICAN 1. ) someone whose job is to calculate what you owe and collect your money for the goods you buy at a supermarket. British cashier 2. ) any one of the small round pieces used in the game of CHECKERS.… …

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  • 24India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 25Advance-fee fraud — African sting An advance fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain.[1] Among the variations on this type of scam are the Nigerian Letter (also… …

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  • 26List of confidence tricks — This list of confidence tricks and scams should not be considered complete, but covers the most common examples. Confidence tricks and scams are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type.… …

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  • 27France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 28Internet fraud — refers to the use of Internet services to present fraudulent solicitations to prospective victims, to conduct fraudulent transactions, or to transmit the proceeds of fraud to financial institutions or to others connected with the scheme. Internet …

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  • 29china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 30China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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