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  • 71Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… …

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  • 72Fall guy — A fall guy is a person used as a scapegoat to take the blame for someone else s actions, or someone at the butt of jokes. One placed in the position of fall guy is often referred to as taking the fall . In the film industry, a fall guy is a form… …

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  • 73golf — golfer, n. /golf, gawlf/; Brit. also /gof/, n. 1. a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having… …

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  • 74The Holocaust — Holocaust and Shoah redirect here. For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). Selection on …

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  • 75ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …

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  • 76Blackstone Hotel — Infobox nrhp2 | name =Blackstone Hotel nrhp type = caption =Blackstone Hotel in 2004 locmapin = Illinois designated other1 name= Chicago Landmark designated other1 date= May 29, 1998 designated other1 abbr= CL designated other1 link= Chicago… …

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  • 77Animals in the Bible — • The sacred books were composed by and for a people almost exclusively given to husbandry and pastoral life, hence in constant communication with nature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Animals in the Bible     Anima …

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  • 78New Orleans — The Big Easy and NOLA redirect here. For other uses, see The Big Easy (disambiguation) and NOLA (disambiguation). This article is about the city. For other uses, see New Orleans (disambiguation). City of New Orleans Ville de La Nou …

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  • 79Substitution cipher — In cryptography, a substitution cipher is a method of encryption by which units of plaintext are replaced with ciphertext according to a regular system; the units may be single letters (the most common), pairs of letters, triplets of letters,… …

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  • 80Merlion — The Merlion in Merlion Park near the Singapore CBD is a well known tourist icon of Singapore …

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