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  • 41Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …

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  • 42Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …

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  • 43Poland — • Country in eastern Europe Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poland     Poland     † Cathol …

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  • 44Geography of Africa — Africa is a continent comprising 61 political territories (including 53 countries), representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth s surface. It includes, within its remarkably regular outline, an area of… …

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  • 45international 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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  • 46HMS Tamar (shore station) — Infobox Military Structure name= HMS Tamar location= Hong Kong; Stonecutter s Island caption= type= Naval base built=1897 1997 materials= used= 1897 1997 controlledby= RN garrison= commanders= battles= HMS Tamar (Chinese: 添馬艦) was the name for… …

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  • 47Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …

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  • 48Snake River — Geobox|River name = Snake River native name = other name = other name1 = image size = 290 image caption = Perrine Bridge spanning the Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho country = United States country country1 = state = Wyoming state1 =… …

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  • 49Vistula River — Polish Wisła River, Poland. It rises on the northern slope of the Carpathian Mountains in southwestern Poland, flows in a curve through Warsaw and Torun, then empties into the Baltic Sea at Gdańsk. Most of its 651 mi (1,047 km) are navigable.… …

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  • 50Pakistan — /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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