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  • 31Statines — Statine Les statines (ou inhibiteurs de la HMG CoA réductase) forment une classe d hypolipidémiants, utilisés comme médicaments pour baisser la cholestérolémie de personnes qui risquent une maladie cardiovasculaire à cause de leur… …

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  • 32brazil — /breuh zil /, n. brazilwood. [1350 1400; ME brasile < ML < It < Sp brasil, deriv. of brasa live coal (the wood being red in color) < Gmc; see BRAISE] * * * Brazil Introduction Brazil Background: Following three centuries under the rule of&#8230; …

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  • 33Brazil — Brazilian /breuh zil yeuhn/, adj., n. /breuh zil /, n. a republic in South America. 164,511,366; 3,286,170 sq. mi. (8,511,180 sq. km). Cap.: Brasília. Portuguese and Spanish, Brasil. Official name, Federative Republic of Brazil. * * * Brazil&#8230; …

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  • 34France — /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.&#8230; …

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  • 35theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed&#8230; …

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  • 36de|pres|sion — «dih PREHSH uhn», noun. 1. the act of pressing down; lowering or sinking: »A rapid depression of the mercury in a barometer usually indicates the approach of a storm. 2. a depressed condition: » The barometer showed a depression. The heavy weight …

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  • 37Apollo 8 — Infobox Space mission mission name = Apollo 8 insignia = Apollo 8 patch.png command module = CM 103 mass 28,817 kg service module = SM 103 lunar module = Lunar Test Article (LTA B) mass 9,026 kg booster = Saturn V SA 503 crew size = 3 launch pad …

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  • 38Sunset — Sunset, also called sundown in some American English dialects, is the instant when the trailing edge of the sun s disk disappears below the horizon in the west. It should not be confused with dusk, which is the point at which darkness falls, some …

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  • 39Megatsunami — An artist s rendering of wave shoaling of a tsunami. Megatsunami (also known as iminami (斎波?, purification wave )) …

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  • 40Economics of global warming — This article describes the economics of global warming and climate change. Contents 1 Definitions 2 Climate change science 3 Scenarios 4 Trends and projections …

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