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  • 101Municipal expressways in Toronto — The City of Toronto, Ontario maintains a system of expressways and arterial highways at the municipal level. They are fully managed and operated by the City of Toronto, and are typically characterized by reduced speed limits on expressways (80 90 …

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  • 102KPMG tax shelter fraud — The KPMG tax shelter fraud scandal involves allegedly illegal U.S. tax shelters by KPMG that were exposed beginning in 2003. In early 2005, the United States member firm of KPMG International, KPMG LLP, was accused by the United States Department …

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  • 103Bruce Report — The Bruce Report is the name commonly given to two urban redevelopment reports of the Glasgow Corporation (the former local authority area for the city). Both reports were authored by a Glasgow Corporation Engineer of the time Robert Bruce… …

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  • 104Environment Court of New Zealand — The Environment Court of New Zealand (Māori: Te Kooti Taiao o Aotearoa) is a specialist court for environmental issues within the court system of New Zealand. It mainly deals with issues arising under the Resource Management Act.HistoryThe New… …

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  • 105Declaration on Crimes of Communism — The Declaration on Crimes of Communism is a declaration signed on 25 February 2010 by several prominent European politicians, former political prisoners, human rights advocates and historians, which calls for the condemnation of communism. It… …

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  • 106cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …

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  • 107Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural&#8230; …

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  • 108Bishop — • The title of an ecclesiastical dignitary who possesses the fullness of the priesthood to rule a diocese as its chief pastor, in due submission to the primacy of the pope Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bishop     Bishop …

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  • 109china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 110China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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