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  • 1legitimize — le|git|i|mize also legitimise BrE [lıˈdʒıtımaız] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: legitimus; LEGITIMATE] 1.) to make something that is unfair or morally wrong seem acceptable and right ▪ There is a danger that these films legitimize… …

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  • 2Greek military junta of 1967–1974 — Regime of the Colonels redirects here. For the generic usage as a term for military rule, see military junta. For the Polish regime of colonels, see Piłsudski s colonels. For other uses, see Colonels regime. History of Greece …

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  • 3Nanboku-chō period — For other uses of Northern and Southern Courts period , see Northern and Southern Courts period (disambiguation). History of Japan Mount Yoshino Paleolithic 35,000–14,000 BC Jōmon period 14,000–300 BC Yayoi …

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  • 4Georgios Papadopoulos — Infobox President name=Georgios Papadopoulos el. Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος nationality=Greek order=Prime Minister of Greece (self appointed) term start=December 13, 1967 term end=October 8, 1973 predecessor=Konstantinos Kollias successor=Spiros… …

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  • 5government — governmental /guv euhrn men tl, euhr men /, adj. governmentally, adv. /guv euhrn meuhnt, euhr meuhnt/, n. 1. the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and… …

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  • 6Samuel Doe — Infobox President name=Samuel Kanyon Doe order=21st President of Liberia term start=January 6 1986 term end=September 9 1990 vicepresident=Henry Fumba Moniba predecessor=William R. Tolbert, Jr. successor=Charles G. Taylor birth date=birth… …

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  • 7Olmec — Monument 6, San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan …

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  • 8Danny Ayalon — Date of birth 17 December 1955 (1955 12 17) (age 55) …

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  • 9international 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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  • 10Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background …

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