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  • 1ac|quir´er — ac|quire «uh KWYR», transitive verb, quired, quir|ing. 1. to get by one s own efforts or actions: »He acquired the money for a college education by working summers. SYNONYM(S): gain, win, attain. 2. to come to have; get as one s own: »to acquire… …

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  • 2ac|quir´a|ble — ac|quire «uh KWYR», transitive verb, quired, quir|ing. 1. to get by one s own efforts or actions: »He acquired the money for a college education by working summers. SYNONYM(S): gain, win, attain. 2. to come to have; get as one s own: »to acquire… …

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  • 3ac|quire — «uh KWYR», transitive verb, quired, quir|ing. 1. to get by one s own efforts or actions: »He acquired the money for a college education by working summers. SYNONYM(S): gain, win, attain. 2. to come to have; get as one s own: »to acquire land. He… …

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  • 4JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

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  • 5literature — /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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  • 6UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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  • 7baseball — /bays bawl /, n. 1. a game of ball between two nine player teams played usually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 ft. (27 m) apart, forming a circuit that… …

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  • 8Western architecture — Introduction       history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present.       The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …

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  • 9FRANCE — (Heb. פְרַאנְצִיָּה and צָרְפַת), country in Western Europe. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: from the first settlements unil the revolution the roman and merovingian periods from the carolingians until the eve of the… …

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  • 10List of Firefly characters — This page lists characters from the television series Firefly. Contents 1 Major characters 1.1 Malcolm Reynolds 1.2 Zoe Washburne 1.3 Hoban Washburne …

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