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  • 41West Indies — West Indian. 1. Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas. 2. Federation of. Also called West Indies Federation. a former… …

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  • 42Boxer Rebellion — Officially supported peasant uprising in 1900 in China that attempted to drive all foreigners from the country. Boxer was the English name given to a Chinese secret society that practiced boxing and calisthenic rituals in the belief that it would …

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  • 43Hussein, Saddam — ▪ 2007 Saddam Hussein al Tikriti        Arab nationalist leader (b. April 28, 1937, Tikrit, Iraq d. Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad, Iraq), reduced Iraq to a state of impoverishment and devastation during his 24 years (1979–2003) as the country s… …

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  • 44Labour and Labour Legislation — • Labour is work done by mind or body either partly or wholly for the purpose of producing utilities Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Labour and Labour Legislation     Labour and Labour Legislation …

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  • 45poverty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of money Nouns 1. poverty, impecuniousness, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, want, poverty line or level; need, neediness; lack, necessity, privation, distress, difficulties; bad, poor, or …

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  • 46want — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. need; poverty, indigence; lack, dearth, deficiency, absence; shortage, inadequacy, scarcity; necessity, requirement. v. lack, need; be in need; require, desire, wish, crave; fall short of, be… …

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  • 47impoverish — im|pov|e|rish [ımˈpɔvərıʃ US ımˈpa: ] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: empovrir, from povre poor ] 1.) to make someone very poor ▪ Falling coffee prices have impoverished many Third World economies. ▪ families impoverished by debt… …

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  • 48socialism — An economic and political system based on collective or state ownership of the means of production and distribution although, like capitalism , the system takes many and diverse forms. After almost two hundred years of socialist thought the… …

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  • 49исчезновение видов — — [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en] EN species impoverishment Loss of species due to factors such as climate change or random events such as persistent drought, natural catastrophe, the emergence of a new predator,… …

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  • 50обнищание — — [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en] EN impoverishment [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en] Тематики охрана окружающей среды EN impoverishment DE Verarmung FR appauvrissement …

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