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  • 31Malraux, André — Mal·raux (măl rōʹ, mäl ), André. 1901 1976. French writer and politician. A member of the French resistance during World War II, he served as minister of culture (1959 1969) under Charles de Gaulle. His written works include novels of adventure… …

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  • 32Scream (film) — Infobox Film name = Scream |250px writer = Kevin Williamson starring = David Arquette Neve Campbell Courteney Cox Matthew Lillard Rose McGowan Skeet Ulrich Drew Barrymore director = Wes Craven producer = Cathy Konrad, Cary Woods distributor =… …

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  • 33Armand (The Vampire Chronicles) — Armand is a fictional character in The Vampire Chronicles novels written by Anne Rice. Contrary to his appearance in the movie Interview with the Vampire (in which he was played by Antonio Banderas) Armand has a beautifully young, boy like… …

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  • 34literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 35international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 36France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 37Russia — /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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  • 38United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 39United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 40performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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