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  • 112Vietnam — /vee et nahm , nam , vyet , vee it /, n. 1. Official name, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and… …

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  • 113Calumet (pipe) — Peace pipe redirects here. For other uses, see Peace pipe (disambiguation). A Lakota (Sioux) chanunpa pipestem, without the pipe bowl, displayed at the United States Library of Congress A Calumet is a ceremonial smoking pipe used by some Native… …

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  • 114Fiat 130 — Infobox Automobile name = Fiat 130 aka = manufacturer = Fiat production = 1969 1977 predecessor = Fiat 2300 successor = class = Executive car layout = FR layout body style = 4 door saloon 2 door coupé 5 door station wagon engine = 2866 cc ohc V6… …

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  • 115Lathe center — Dead center mounted in the spindle of a lathe and being used to support a workpiece being driven by a carrier setup A lathe center, often shortened to center, is a tool that has been ground to a point as to accurately position a workpiece about… …

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  • 1162008 Ahmedabad bombings — Infobox civilian attack title = 2008 Ahmedabad bombings caption = location = Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India coordinates = date = 26 July 2008 time = 18:45 19:55 timezone = IST type = 21 Bomb blasts [cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors… …

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  • 117Hayward Fault Zone — The Hayward Fault Zone is a geologic fault zone capable of generating significantly destructive earthquakes. About 60 kilometers long, it lies mainly along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay. It runs through… …

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  • 118Madagascar — 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.:… …

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  • 120List of species in Magic: The Gathering — Magic: the Gathering is a collectible card game set in a richly detailed fictional world. The Multiverse of Dominia in which it takes place is host to a vast number of individual universes known as planes, from the varied classical environments… …

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