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  • 62china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 63China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 64HISTORICAL 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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  • 65Russia — /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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  • 66Battle of Shanghai — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Shanghai partof=the Second Sino Japanese war caption=A National Revolutionary Army machine gun nest in Shanghai date=August 13, 1937 – November 26, 1937 place=In and around Shanghai result= Japanese… …

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  • 67Iraq War — This article is about the war that began in 2003. For other uses, see Iraq War (disambiguation). Further information: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Post invasion Iraq …

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  • 68Yom Kippur War — Battle of Syria redirects here. For the World War II campaign against the Vichy French in Syria, see Syria Lebanon Campaign. Yom Kippur War/October War Part of the …

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  • 69Salim Hamdan — Infoxbox WoT detainees subject name = Salim Ahmed Hamdan image size = image caption = Salim Ahmed Hamdan learns Judge Keith J. Allred s June 4 2007 ruling that the military commissions lack jurisdiction to try enemy combatants . date of birth =… …

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  • 70Taylor v. State of Mississippi — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Taylor v. State of Mississippi ArgueDateA=April 15 ArgueDateB=16 ArgueYear=1943 DecideDate=June 14 DecideYear=1943 FullName= USVol=319 USPage=583 Citation=63 S. Ct. 1200; 87 L. Ed. 1600; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 489 Prior=… …

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