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101Scissors-Jump — The Scissors is a style used in the athletics event of high jump. As it allows the jumper to land on their feet, it is the most common style used by junior athletes where the landing surface is not deep or soft enough to meet full competition… …
102celestial mechanics — the branch of astronomy that deals with the application of the laws of dynamics and Newton s law of gravitation to the motions of heavenly bodies. [1815 25] * * * Branch of astronomy that deals with the mathematical theory of the motions of… …
103liquid — liquidly, adv. liquidness, n. /lik wid/, adj. 1. composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid. 2. of, pertaining to, or consisting of liquids: a liquid diet. 3 …
104Menudo (band) — Menudo The 2007 line up of Menudo. L to R: José Bordonada Collazo, Monti Montañez, Emmanuel Velez Pagan, Carlos Olivero, Chris Moy. Background information Origin San Juan, Puerto Rico …
105Berlin Blockade — Operation Vittles redirects here. For the 1948 documentary film, see Operation Vittles (film). Berliners watching a C 54 land at Tempelhof Airport (1948) …
106Nixon in China (opera) — For other uses, see Nixon in China (disambiguation). John Adams …
107Battle of Albuera — Infobox Military Conflict caption=Marshal Beresford disarming a Polish lancer at the Battle of Albuera . Print by T. Sutherland, 1831. conflict=Battle of Albuera partof=the Peninsular War date=16 May 1811 place=Albuera, south of Badajoz, Spain… …
108National Wildlife Federation — NWF redirects here. For other uses, see NWF (disambiguation). National Wildlife Federation Founder(s) Jay Norwood Darling Founded 1936 …
109History of the French Navy — Although the History of the French Navy goes back to the Middle Ages, when it was defeated by the English at the Battle of Sluys and, with Castilian help, managed to beat the English at La Rochelle, its history can be said to effectively begin… …
110History of the People's Liberation Army — Military history of the People s Republic of China redirects here. The history of the People s Liberation Army began in 1927 with the start of the Chinese Civil War and spans to the present, having developed from a peasant guerrilla force into… …
