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  • 121Time discipline — In sociology and anthropology, time discipline is the general name given to social and economic rules, conventions, customs, and expectations governing the measurement of time, the social currency and awareness of time measurements, and people s… …

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  • 122boxing — boxing1 /bok sing/, n. 1. the material used to make boxes or casings. 2. a boxlike enclosure; casing. 3. an act or instance of putting into or furnishing with a box. [1510 20; BOX1 + ING1] boxing2 /bok sing/, n. the act, technique, or profession… …

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  • 123Nabi Salih — Other transcription(s)    Arabic النبي صالح    Also spelled an Nabi Salih (official) Nabi Saleh (unofficial) …

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  • 124Lassen Volcanic National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) …

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  • 125HMAS Kanimbla (L 51) — (formerly USS Saginaw (LST 1188)) is the lead ship of the Kanimbla class Landing Platform Amphibious. Laid down in 1969 for the United States Navy (USN) as Newport class tank landing ship USS Saginaw ... The ship was acquired by the Royal… …

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  • 126British anti-invasion preparations of World War II — entailed a large scale division of military and civilian mobilization in response to the threat of invasion by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941. The army needed to recover from the defeat of the British Expeditionary Force in France, and 1.5… …

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  • 127Po Valley — The Po Valley ( it. Pianura Padana or Val Padana) is a major geographical feature of Italy. It extends some 600 km in an east west direction, including its Venetic extension not actually related to the Po river; it runs from the Western Alps to… …

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  • 128Black Honeyeater — A male on a Jacaranda …

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