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21Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background …
22Chappaquiddick incident — Location Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Date July 18, 1969 (1969 07 18) Result Ted Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of the ac …
23United States Constabulary — patch Active 1946 1952 Country …
24Madagascar — Madagascan, n., adj. /mad euh gas keuhr/, n. an island republic in the Indian Ocean, about 240 mi. (385 km) off the SE coast of Africa: formerly a French colony; gained independence 1960. 14,061,627; 227,800 sq. mi. (590,000 sq. km). Cap.:… …
25Closed captioning — Jack Foley created the CC in a TV symbol while senior graphic designer at WGBH. Closed captioning is the process of displaying text on a television, video screen or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information to… …
26Peoples Temple in San Francisco — The Peoples Temple was an organization best known for the purported mass suicide of over 900 of its members in Jonestown, the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a non natural disaster until the incidents of September 11, 2001.… …
27Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …
28Think Fast! — Think Fast was a TV game show airing on Nickelodeon from May 1, 1989 to June 29, 1991. Two teams, the Blue Team and the Gold Team, competed in various stunts (known on the show as events ) designed to test the players physical ability and mental… …
291976 Tehran UFO incident — The 1976 Tehran UFO Incident was a radar and visual sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) over Tehran, the capital of Iran, during the early morning hours of September 19, 1976. The incident is particularly notable for the… …
30List of vacuum tubes — This is a list of vacuum tubes or thermionic valves. Before the advent of semiconductor devices, hundreds of tube types were used in consumer and industrial electronics; today only a few types are still used in specialized applications. Contents… …
