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  • 81Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …

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  • 82All That Fall — is a one act radio play by Samuel Beckett produced following a request [It has been reported that Beckett wrote this play following a commission from the BBC. This is not correct. Hugh Kenner advises that Beckett had written only some of his… …

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  • 83Top Gear challenges — are a segment of the Top Gear television programme where the presenters are challenged by the producers, or by each other, to prove or do various things related to automobiles. Contents 1 Novelty/stunt challenges 2 Challenge reviews 3 How hard… …

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  • 84international 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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  • 85Calendar of 2002 — ▪ 2003 January I will not wait on events while dangers gather. I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world s most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world s most destructive… …

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  • 86commercial fishing — Introduction  the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them.       Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… …

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  • 87stage — n. platform on which plays are performed 1) a revolving; sinking; sliding stage 2) on (the) stage (she has appeared many times on stage; to go on stage) scene, setting 3) to set the stage for (the stage was set for a showdown) level, degree, step …

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  • 88HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 89HMS Tiger (1913) — Tiger class battlecruiser redirects here. Not to be confused with Tiger class fast attack craft and Tiger class cruiser For other ships of the same name, see HMS Tiger. Tiger in her post 1918 configuration with mainmast ahead of her third funnel …

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  • 90Petrobras — Infobox Company company name = Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. company company type = Semi Public (Bovespa: [http://www.bovespa.com.br/Cotacoes2000/CotacaoRapidaHome.Asp?PaginaReferente=PosicaoGeralPregao.Asp txtCodigo=PETR3 PETR3] / [http://www.bovespa …

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