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  • 21literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 22Philadelphia — /fil euh del fee euh/, n. a city in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River: Declaration of Independence signed here July 4, 1776. 1,688,210. * * * City (pop., 2000: 1,517,550) and port, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., at the confluence of the… …

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  • 23CANADA — CANADA, country in northern half of North America and a member of the British Commonwealth. At the beginning of the 21st century, its population of approximately 370,000 Jews made it the world s fourth largest Jewish community after the United… …

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  • 24Gail Berman — (born August 17, 1956) is the former president of entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Company and the former president of Viacom s Paramount Pictures.She graduated from the University of Maryland in 1978. With a college friend, Susan Rose,she co… …

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  • 25Baltimore Steam Packet Company — The Old Bay Line s District of Columbia in 1949 The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, which was also known as the Old Bay Line, was an American steamship line from 1840 to 1962, providing overnight steamboat service on the Chesapeake Bay,… …

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  • 26theatre — /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… …

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  • 27Age of Enlightenment — Age of Reason redirects here. For other uses, see Age of Reason (disambiguation) …

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  • 28Boydell Shakespeare Gallery — The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery was a three part project initiated in November 1786 by engraver and publisher John Boydell in an effort to foster a school of British history painting. Boydell planned to focus on an illustrated edition of William… …

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  • 29Hollywood Studio Club — Infobox nrhp2 | name =Hollywood Studio Club caption = Hollywood Studio Club, May 2008 location= 1215 1233 Lodi Place, Hollywood, California lat degrees = 34 lat minutes = 5 lat seconds = 35 lat direction = N long degrees = 118 long minutes = 19… …

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  • 30Victoria, British Columbia — For other uses, see Victoria (geographical disambiguation). This article is about the city of Victoria. For electoral districts with the name Victoria, or in the area of Greater Victoria, see Victoria (electoral districts). City of Victoria… …

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