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  • 71New Orleans (steamboat) — The New Orleans was the first steamboat on the western waters of the United States. Its 1811 1812 voyage from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to New Orleans, Louisiana on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers ushered in the era of commercial steamboat… …

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  • 72Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 73performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 74Whistle — Whis tle, n. [AS. hwistle a pipe, flute, whistle. See {Whistle}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar… …

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  • 75Whistle duck — Whistle Whis tle, n. [AS. hwistle a pipe, flute, whistle. See {Whistle}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a… …

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  • 76Lyonesse — For other uses, see Lyonesse (disambiguation). Lyonesse Tristan and Iseult location Genre Arthurian legend Type Fictional country Notable characters Tristan …

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  • 77Furnace — For other uses, see Furnace (disambiguation). Industrial Furnace from 1907 A furnace is a device used for heating. The name derives from Latin fornax, oven. In American English and Canadian English, the term furnace on its own is generally used… …

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  • 78Kingswear — infobox UK place country= England official name= Kingswear latitude= 50.348 longitude= 3.573 population= 1,322 (Parish) shire county= Devon shire district= South Hams civil parish= Kingswear region= South West England os grid reference=… …

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  • 79JEA Northside Generating Station — in Jacksonville, Florida is a major power plant, one of the three power plants owned and operated by Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA). It produces electricity by burning coal and petroleum coke at Units 1 and 2, the largest circulating… …

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  • 80commercial fishing — Introduction  the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them.       Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… …

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