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21football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… …
22Michael Jordan — For other people named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jordan Michael Jordan with the Chicago Bulls in 1997 …
23Battle of the Philippines (1941–42) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Philippines caption= Allied prisoners of war use improvised litters to carry comrades who are sick, exhausted and/or wounded. This event, shortly before the end of the battle, would become known as …
24Battle of Lake Maracaibo — Part of Venezuelan War of Independence Painting by José María Espinosa P …
25Reform League — The Reform League was established in 1865 to press for manhood suffrage and the ballot in Great Britain. It collaborated with the more moderate and middle class Reform Union and gave strong support to the abortive Reform Bill of 1866 and the… …
26Ralpacan — (Wylie: Khri lde srong brtsan. Other transcriptions: Repalcan, Relpachen, or Tri Ralpachen), born c. 806, the Year of the Dog was, according to traditional sources, the 41st King of Tibet, ruling from the death of his father, Sadnalegs, in c. 815 …
27Michigan — /mish i geuhn/, n. 1. a state in the N central United States. 9,258,344; 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Cap.: Lansing. Abbr.: MI (for use with zip code), Mich. 2. Lake, a lake in the N central U.S., between Wisconsin and Michigan: one of the… …
28theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …
29Parnell, Charles Stewart — born June 27, 1846, Avondale, County Wicklow, Ire. died Oct. 6, 1891, Brighton, Sussex, Eng. Irish nationalist leader. After an education at the University of Cambridge, he returned to Ireland and served in the British Parliament (1875–91),… …
30South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
