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  • 121calendar — calendrical /keuh len dri keuhl/, calendric, calendarial /kal euhn dair ee euhl/, calendarian, calendaric, adj. /kal euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar. 2. any …

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  • 122Dates of 2007 — ▪ 2008 January Ladies and gentlemen: on this day, at this hour, it is still within our power to shape the outcome of this battle. Let us find our resolve, and turn events toward victory. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, asking for support for his… …

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  • 123Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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  • 124Chu shogi — Shogi variants Standard shogi (9×9, drops) Small variants Nana shogi (3×3) Dōbutsu shōgi (3×4, for children) Micro shogi (4×5) Minishogi (5×5) Kyoto shogi (5×5) …

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  • 125Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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  • 126blood disease — Introduction       any disease of the blood, involving the red blood cells (erythrocytes (erythrocyte)), white blood cells (leukocytes (leukocyte)), or platelets (platelet) (thrombocytes) or the tissues in which these elements are formed the bone …

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  • 127Dai shogi — Shogi variants Standard shogi (9×9, drops) Small variants Nana shogi (3×3) Dōbutsu shōgi (3×4, for children) Micro shogi (4×5) Minishogi (5×5) Kyoto shogi (5×5) …

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  • 128Tenjiku shogi — (天竺将棋 tenjiku shōgi, or 天竺大将棋 tenjiku dai shōgi exotic chess ) is a large board variant of shogi (Japanese chess). The game dates back to the 15th or 16th century and was based on the earlier chu shogi, which itself was based on dai shogi. Rules… …

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