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21Nauru — Nauruan, n., adj. /nah ooh rooh/, n. Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8007; 81/4 sq. mi. (21 sq. km). Formerly, Pleasant Island. * * * Nauru… …
22Joel Kovel — (born 27 August 1936) is an American politician, academic, writer and eco socialist. A practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst until the mid 1980s, he has lectured in psychiatry, anthropology, political science and communication studies. He has …
23Winston Churchill — For other uses, see Winston Churchill (disambiguation). Churchill redirects here. For other uses, see Churchill (disambiguation). The Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill …
24Croatia — /kroh ay sheuh, shee euh/, n. a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 5,026,995, 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Cap.: Zagreb. Serbo Croatian, Hrvatska. * * *… …
25tennis — /ten is/, n. a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half. Cf. lawn tennis. See illus. under racket2.… …
26National Asset Management Agency — Agency overview Formed Late 2009 Jurisdiction Ireland …
27prodigal — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. lavish, extravagant, squandering; see wasteful . See Synonym Study at profuse . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PROD uh gul] extremely wasteful or extravagant. Joe s prodigal grandson spent his… …
28Handicap principle — The tail of peacocks, the classic example of a handicapped signal of male quality The handicap principle is a hypothesis originally proposed in 1975 by biologist Amotz Zahavi[1][2 …
29Abuse — This article is about the mistreatment of people or systems. For other uses, see Abuse (disambiguation). Mistreat redirects here. For other uses, see Mistreat (disambiguation). Contents 1 Types and contexts of abuse 1.1 …
30Prince Cedza Dlamini — of Swaziland (born 1976), grandson of King Sobhuza II of Swaziland and of Nelson Mandela, is a humanitarian, youth activist, spokesman for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, and the founder of the Ubuntu Institute for Young Social… …
