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41skiing — /skee ing/, n. the act or sport of gliding on skis. [1890 95; SKI + ING1] * * * I Sport and mode of transportation involving moving over snow on a pair of long flat runners (skis) attached to shoes or boots. Skiing was born in northern Europe;… …
42postal system — System that allows persons to send letters, parcels, or packages to addressees in the same country or abroad. Postal systems are usually government run and paid for by a combination of user charges and government subsidies. There are early… …
43Equestrian Sports — ▪ 2009 Introduction Thoroughbred Racing. United States. A seemingly invincible three year old colt named Big Brown took American Thoroughbred racing by storm during the 2008 spring classic season. In the 134th Kentucky Derby on May 3, Big… …
44overcome */*/ — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈkʌm] / US [ˌoʊvərˈkʌm] verb [transitive] Word forms overcome : present tense I/you/we/they overcome he/she/it overcomes present participle overcoming past tense overcame UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈkeɪm] / US [ˌoʊvərˈkeɪm] past participle overcome… …
45Battle of Leyte — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Leyte caption=Gen. Douglas MacArthur and staff land at Palo Beach, Leyte, 20 October 1944. partof=the Pacific Theatre of World War II date=20 October – 31 December 1944 place=Leyte Island, Philippines… …
46442nd Infantry Regiment (United States) — 442nd Regimental Combat Team 442nd Infantry Regiment Coat of Arms Active August 1944–August 1946 July 1947–December 1969 …
47Invasion of Goa — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Invasion of Goa partof= date=18 December 1961ndash 19 December 1961 place=Portuguese India and surrounding sea and airspace casus=After Indian Independence from the United Kingdom, Portuguese India remained… …
48Otto Julius Zobel — Born October 20, 1887(1887 10 20) Ripon, Wisconsin Died January 1970 (age 82) Morristown, New Jersey …
49Zuckerman, Yitzhak — or Yitzhak Cukierman born 1915, Warsaw, Pol. died June 17, 1981, Tel Aviv, Israel Hero of Jewish resistance to the Nazis in World War II. Active in Zionist organizations in his native Warsaw, he urged the creation and arming of a Jewish defense… …
50medicine, history of — Introduction the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore Unwritten history is not… …
