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  • 81Great Dividing Range — a mountain range extending along the E coast of Australia: vast watershed region. 100 to 200 mi. (160 320 km) wide. * * * Main watershed of eastern Australia. It comprises a series of plateaus and mountain ranges roughly paralleling the coasts of …

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  • 82bend over backwards — verb To make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths. They bent over backwards to make sure everything was just right for the visit …

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  • 83bend over backward — or[lean over backward] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do the opposite of something that you know you should not do; do too much to avoid doing the wrong thing; also, make a… …

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  • 84bend over backward — or[lean over backward] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do the opposite of something that you know you should not do; do too much to avoid doing the wrong thing; also, make a… …

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  • 85bend-kitt —  a kind of great can with a cover. N …

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  • 86South Bend — a city in N Indiana. 109,727. * * * City (pop., 2000: 107,789), northern Indiana, U.S. It is situated on the St. Joseph River. The French established a fur trading post at the site in 1820, which was later promoted as a European settlement. Its… …

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  • 87Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania — killing their leader (a Munsee warrior) and freeing the two children. [Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.] Information from the History of Butler County (1895) [History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (1895).] provides more detail.… …

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  • 88Old Bend High School — Bend High School U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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  • 89Parc national des Great Smoky Mountains — Great Smoky Mountains Catégorie UICN II (parc national) Identifiant …

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  • 90Parc national et réserve de Great Sand Dunes — Great Sand Dunes Catégorie UICN Ib (zone de nature sauvage) Pays  États Unis État …

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