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  • 41National Football League preseason — The National Football League preseason refers to the period each year during which NFL teams play several not for the record exhibition games before the actual championship or regular season starts. Beginning with the featured Pro Football Hall… …

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  • 42Cipriano de Rore — Detail of a miniature of Cipriano de Rore by Hans Müelich, probably 1558 or 1559 Cipriano de Rore (occasionally Cypriano) (1515 or 1516 – between September 11 and September 20, 1565) was a Franco Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in… …

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  • 43National Football League exhibition season — The National Football League exhibition season refers to the NFL s pre season games before the NFL regular season starts. Starting with the featured Pro Football Hall of Fame game in early August, five weekends of exhibition games are currently… …

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  • 44Israeli rock — is rock music created by Israeli bands and singers. At first, Israeli rock was based upon on foreign creations, but during the years Israeli rock has changed and become the popular music genre in Israel, and a unique varied creation of rock… …

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  • 45Joseph Jessing — The Reverend Fr. John Joseph Jessing (November 17,1836 ndash; November 2, 1899) a German American immigrant, was a pioneer in Catholic orphanage work and Catholic education. He was the founder of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus,… …

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  • 46literature — /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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  • 47United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 48United 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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  • 49performing 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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  • 50china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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