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  • 81money market — the short term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates. [1925 30] * * * Set of institutions, conventions, and practices whose aim is to facilitate the lending and borrowing of money on a short term basis. The money… …

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  • 82Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …

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  • 83Nigeria — Nigerian, adj., n. /nuy jear ee euh/, n. a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 107,129,469; 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Cap.: Abuja. Official name, Federal Republic of… …

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  • 84réserve — [ rezɛrv ] n. f. • 1342; de réserver I ♦ (Abstrait) Le fait de garder pour l avenir. 1 ♦ Dr. Clause restrictive qu on ajoute afin de ne pas se trouver lié par une obligation. Faire ses réserves : se prémunir contre l interprétation qui pourrait… …

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  • 85réservé — réserve [ rezɛrv ] n. f. • 1342; de réserver I ♦ (Abstrait) Le fait de garder pour l avenir. 1 ♦ Dr. Clause restrictive qu on ajoute afin de ne pas se trouver lié par une obligation. Faire ses réserves : se prémunir contre l interprétation qui… …

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  • 86HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 87Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 …

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  • 88Newmont Mining Corporation — Type Public (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NMC) …

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  • 89Operation Wallacea — logo. Operation Wallacea (known as Opwall) is an organisation funded by tuition fees that runs a series of biological and conservation management research programmes operating in remote locations across the world. These expeditions are designed… …

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  • 90Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… …

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