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  • 1France — /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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  • 2POLITICAL LIFE AND PARTIES — Introduction It was largely due to the existence of the pre state political parties, which had conducted intensive political activities for almost half a century within the framework of the yishuv , under the British Mandate for Palestine, that… …

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  • 3Werkverzeichnis von Edward Hopper — Werkverzeichnis des US amerikanischen Malers Edward Hopper. Sein Werk lässt sich aufgrund seiner Arbeitsweisen in folgende Perioden teilen: Whitney Museum 1893 bis 1901 1902 bis etwa 1922 1923 bis etwa 1930 1931 bis 1950 und danach bis zum Tod… …

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  • 4western Africa, history of — Introduction       history of the region from the 11th century to the present.       A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …

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  • 5United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 6To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar — Infobox Film name = To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar director = Beeban Kidron writer = Douglas Carter Beane starring = Patrick Swayze Wesley Snipes John Leguizamo editing = Andrew Mondshein producer = G. Mac Brown distributor =… …

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  • 7Egypt — /ee jipt/, n. 1. Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 64,791,891; 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Cap.: Cairo. Arabic, Misr. Formerly (1958 71), United Arab Republic. 2. an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta… …

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  • 8India — /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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  • 9Nuclear program of Iran — See also: Iran and weapons of mass destruction Nuclear program of Iran …

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  • 10begin — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To get under way] Syn. start, cause, initiate, inaugurate, commence, occasion, impel, produce, effect, set in motion, launch, mount, start up, start off, start on, start in, take up, induce, create, bring about, get going,… …

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