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  • 21Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …

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  • 22Dates of 2007 — ▪ 2008 January Ladies and gentlemen: on this day, at this hour, it is still within our power to shape the outcome of this battle. Let us find our resolve, and turn events toward victory. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, asking for support for his… …

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  • 23The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord — This article is about the organization. For the Cabaret Voltaire album, see The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (album). The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSA) was a radical Christian Identity organization formed in… …

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  • 24Janet Reno — Infobox US Cabinet official name=Janet Reno order=78th title=United States Attorney General term start=March 11, 1993 term end=January 20, 2001 predecessor=William Barr successor=John Ashcroft birth date=birth date and age|1938|07|21 birth… …

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  • 25Michigan Militia — The Michigan Militia was an organized paramilitary organization founded by Norman Olson, a former U.S. Air Force Non Commissioned Officer, of Alanson, Michigan, USA.[1] The organization formed around 1994 in response to perceived encroachments by …

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  • 26Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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  • 27Calendar of 1993 — ▪ 1994 January January 1       Czechoslovakia now two nations. What had been the single nation of Czechoslovakia officially became two independent states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Vaclav Havel, the former president of Czechoslovakia, and… …

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  • 28militia movement — ▪ American movement       in the United States, movement of radical paramilitary groups whose members generally accept highly conspiratorial interpretations of politics and view themselves as defenders of traditional freedoms against government… …

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  • 29Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai — Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai …

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  • 30Chronology — SOVIET ERA (1917 1985) 1917 February: Bread riots in Petrograd (“February Revolution”). March: Abdication of Nicholas II; establishment of the Provisional Government and election of the Soviet of Workers’ Deputies. 16 April: Vladimir Lenin… …

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