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  • 21Fair Deal — Fair Dealer. the principles of the liberal wing of the Democratic party under the leadership of President Harry S Truman, consisting largely of a continuation and development of the principles of the New Deal. Cf. Great Society, New Deal, New… …

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  • 22Fair Deal — In United States history, the Fair Deal was U.S. President Harry S. Truman s catchphrase for a series of social and economic reforms [ “Fair Deal.” Britannica Online. 30 Mar. 2008. 30 Mar. 2008 .] , outlined in his 1949 State of the Union Address …

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  • 23Department of Post-War Reconstruction (Australia) — Department of Post War Reconstruction Agency overview Formed 1942 Dissolved 1950 Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia Headquarters Hotel Acton, Canberra The Department of Post War Reconstruction was an Australian Government department …

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  • 24R38 class airship — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name= R38 class, or A class airship caption=The R38/ZR 2 making its first flight trial on 23 June 1921 type=Patrol airship national origin=United Kingdom manufacturer=Short Brothers designer= first flight=23 June 1921… …

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  • 25Ride the Pink Horse — Infobox Film name = Ride the Pink Horse size = caption = Theatrical poster director = Robert Montgomery producer = Joan Harrison writer = Story: Dorothy B. Hughes Screenplay: Ben Hecht Charles Lederer starring = Robert Montgomery Wanda Hendrix… …

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  • 26Richard Manning Jefferies — (February 27, 1889 April 20, 1964), a longtime state legislator and Governor of South Carolina from 1942 to 1943, was born in Union County, SC on February 27, 1889. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1910 and moved to the town… …

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  • 27Rhodes 19 — The Rhodes 19 is a 19 foot (6 m) long sailboat, designed by Philip Rhodes and originally manufactured by O Day. Currently, the Rhodes 19 is built by Stuart Marine Corp. To date, approximately 3500 of the boats have been built… …

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  • 28Robert Lee Flowers — (1870 1951) served as president of Duke University from 1941 to 1948. Flowers graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and worked for Trinity College as a Professor in electrical engineering and mathematics before becoming an administrator. He… …

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  • 29O'Day Mariner — A fleet of O Day Mariners at the Surf City Yacht Club, NJ, waiting for a chance to race. The Mariner is a 19 foot (5.8 m) long sailboat based upon the hull of the Rhodes 19, and named after the Olympic gold medalist sailor, George O Day.… …

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  • 30film noir — /nwahr/ a motion picture with an often grim urban setting, photographed in somber tones and permeated by a feeling of disillusionment, pessimism, and despair. [1955 60; < F: lit., black film] * * * (French; black film ) Film genre that offers&#8230; …

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