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11Fracture — For other uses, see Fracture (disambiguation). v · d · e Materials failure modes …
12Somalia Affair — The Somalia Affair was a Canadian military scandal in the mid 1990s. It began with the brutal 1993 beating death of a Somali teenager, Shidane Arone, at the hands of two Canadian soldiers participating in the United Nations humanitarian efforts… …
13Sso (rite) — The Sso was an initiation rite practiced by the Beti of Cameroon in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The participants were young men between 15 and 25 years of age who, by completing the rite, became adults and enjoyed added privileges, such as …
14Sakigake!! Otokojuku (2008 film) — Infobox Film name = Sakigake! Otokojuku director = Tak Sakaguchi producer = Keiko Kusakabe Koichi Kusakabe Toshiki Kimura writer = Tak Sakaguchi Akira Miyashita (original manga) starring = Tak Sakaguchi Shōei Hiroyuki Onoue Shintaro Yamada Hideo… …
15mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …
16Mbeki, Thabo — born June 18, 1942, Idutywa, Transkei President of South Africa (from 1999). The son of an anti apartheid activist, he studied economics at Sussex University in Britain, then received military training in the Soviet Union. He was appointed deputy …
17English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
18Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
19painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
20Список награждённых Национальной медалью науки США — Джошуа Ледерберг (справа) получает Национальную медаль науки из рук Президента США Джорджа Буша старшего Список …
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