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51Obesity in the Middle East and North Africa — Obesity in North Africa and the Middle East is a notable health issue. In 2005, the World Health Organization measured that 1.6 billion people were overweight and 400 million were obese. It estimates that by the year 2015, 2.3 billion people will …
52ALTAR — (Heb. מִזְבֵּח, mizbe aḥ, derived from the root zbḥ (זבח), meaning to slaughter (as a sacrifice) ), originally the place where sacrificial slaughter was performed (e.g., the sacrifice of Isaac in Gen. 22). According to biblical law however,… …
53Unix time — Unix time, or POSIX time, is a system for describing points in time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1 1970, not counting leap seconds. It is widely used not only on Unix like… …
54Pei Xiu — Chinese t=裴秀 s=裴秀Pei Xiu (224 ndash;271) was a minister, geographer, and cartographer of the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period of China, as well as the subsequent Jin Dynasty. Pei Xiu was very much trusted by Sima Zhao, and… …
55Adverbials — ◊ GRAMMAR Adverbials are words or phrases which give information about when, how, where, or in what circumstances something happens. An adverbial can be an adverb, a group of words whose main word is an adverb, or a prepositional phrase. A few… …
56adverbials — ◊ GRAMMAR Adverbials are words or phrases which give information about when, how, where, or in what circumstances something happens. An adverbial can be an adverb, a group of words whose main word is an adverb, or a prepositional phrase. A few… …
57rise — /ruyz/, v., rose, risen /riz euhn/, rising, n. v.i. 1. to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees. 2. to get up from bed, esp. to… …
58Clarence Thomas — Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United …
59Mount Kenya — Elevation 5,199 m (17,057 ft) …
60Criticism of Wal-Mart — Wal Mart has been subject to criticism by various groups and individuals. Labor unions, community groups, grassroots organizations, religious organizations, and environmental groups protest against Wal Mart, the company s policies and business… …
