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  • 1animal — animalic /an euh mal ik/, animalian /an euh may lee euhn, mayl yeuhn/, adj. /an euh meuhl/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well defined shape and usually limited growth, can move… …

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  • 2ARAB WORLD, 1945–2006 — The Arab world is divided into four subregions: the Maghreb (morocco , tunisia , algeria , libya , Mauritania), the Nile Valley (egypt and Sudan), the Fertile Crescent (syria , lebanon , iraq , jordan , and the palestinian authority ), and the… …

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  • 3Détente — For the American thrash metal band, see Detente (band). Détente (French for relaxation )[1] is the easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation. The term is often used in reference to the general easing of relations between… …

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  • 4Frank J. Sprague — Infobox Scientist name = Frank J. Sprague caption = Frank Julian Sprague (1857 1934) American inventor, Father of Electric Traction birth date = birth date|1857|7|25 birth place = death date = death date and age|1934|10|25|1857|7|25 death place …

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  • 5Apnea — SignSymptom infobox Name = Apnea ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|786.03 Apnea, apnoea, or apnœa ( el. απνοια, from α , privative, πνεειν, to breathe) is a technical term for suspension of external breathing. During apnea there is no movement of the muscles… …

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  • 724th Air Division (United States) — Infobox Military Unit unit name= 24th Air Division caption= Emblem of the 24th Air Division dates= 1969 1990 country= United States allegiance= branch= United States Air Force type= role= Command and Control size= command structure= Tactical Air… …

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  • 8United 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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  • 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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  • 10Abkürzungen/Luftfahrt/B–D — Dies ist der zweite Teil der Liste Abkürzungen/Luftfahrt. Liste der Abkürzungen Teil 1 A A Teil 2 B–D B (BA, BB, BC, BD, BE, BF, BG, BH, BI, BJ, BK, BL …

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