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1international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
2JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …
3try — v. & n. v. ( ies, ied) 1 intr. make an effort with a view to success (often foll. by to + infin.; colloq. foll. by and + infin.: tried to be on time; try and be early; I shall try hard). Usage: Use with and is uncommon in the past tense and in… …
4Minor Sherlock Holmes characters — This article features minor characters from the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and from non canonical derived works. Contents 1 Inspector Baynes 2 Billy 3 Inspector Bradstreet 4 Ins …
5Operation Storm — This article is about the 1995 Croatian Army operation. For the 1979 Soviet Army operation in Afghanistan, see Operation Storm 333. For the Polish Second World War partisan operation, see Operation Tempest. Operation Storm Part of the Croatian… …
6Meet the Wife — Genre Sitcom Created by Chesney and Wolfe Starring Freddie Frinton Thora Hird Country of origin United Kingdom …
7proud — 1 Proud, arrogant, haughty, lordly, insolent, overbearing, supercilious, disdainful can mean in common filled with or showing a sense of one s superiority and scorn for what one regards as in some way inferior. Proud (see also proud under PRIDE… …
8Reader Bullard — Sir Reader William Bullard, KCB, KCMG (5 December 1885 ndash; 24 May 1976) was a British diplomat.Early lifeBullard was born in Walthamstow, Essex, the younger child and only son of Charles Bullard (1850–1912), a dock labourer, and his wife, Mary …
9literature — /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.… …
10United 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… …
