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  • 12Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 13Saudi Arabia — a kingdom in N and central Arabia, including Hejaz, Nejd, and dependencies. 20,087,965; ab. 600,000 sq. mi. (1,554,000 sq. km). Cap.: Riyadh. Cf. Mecca. * * * Saudi Arabia Introduction Saudi Arabia Background: In 1902 Abd al Aziz Ibn SAUD… …

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  • 14Charles James Fox — The Right Honourable Charles James Fox Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs In office 27 March 1782 – 5 July …

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  • 15Kalibangan — Kalibangān ( hi. काली बंगा) is a town located at coord|29.47|N|74.13|E| on the left or southern banks of the Ghaggar (Ghaggar Hakra River), identified by some scholars with Saraswati River [Encyclopedia Britannica reports : Kalibangan stands on… …

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  • 16Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Byzantine Bulgarian Wars caption= Clockwise from right: The battle of Anchialus; Khan Omurtag; The Emperors of Bulgaria and Byzantium negotiate for peace; Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas. date= 680 1355 place=… …

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  • 17Hermann Göring — This article is about the Nazi officer. For other people with the same surname, see Göring (disambiguation). The title of this article contains the character ö. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Goering.… …

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  • 18Richard Feynman — Feynman redirects here. For other uses, see Feynman (disambiguation). Richard P. Feynman Richard Feynman at Fermilab Bor …

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  • 19Harold Wilson — Infobox Prime Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name =Harold Wilson honorific suffix = Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC office =Prime Minister of the United Kingdom term start =4 March 1974 term end =5 April 1976 monarch …

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  • 20japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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