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21mercury — /merr kyeuh ree/, n., pl. mercuries. 1. Chem. a heavy, silver white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations,… …
22Mieszko I of Poland — Mieszko I Duke of Poland Portrait by Jan Matejko. Reign 962–992 Born ca. 930 …
23architecture — /ahr ki tek cheuhr/, n. 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of… …
24Language of thought — Jerry A. Fodor s Language of Thought (LOT) hypothesis states that cognition and cognitive processes are only remotely plausible when expressed as computational in terms of representational systems. He uses empirical data drawn from linguistics… …
25Offset agreement — Defense offset agreements are legal trade practices in the aerospace and military industries. These commercial practices do not need state regulations but, since the purchasers are mostly military departments of sovereign nations comparable to… …
26Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet …
27Richard Butler (diplomat) — Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix = name = Richard Butler honorific suffix = AC imagesize = small caption = order = 25th office = Governor of Tasmania term start = 3 October 2003 term end = 9 August 2004 lieutenant = William Cox monarch =… …
28List of The Dresden Files characters — The Dresden Files series features a diverse cast of complicated characters. Contents 1 Main characters 1.1 Harry Dresden 1.2 Karrin Murphy 1.3 Bob …
29Causes of the 1948 Palestinian exodus — Palestinians The causes and explanations of the exodus of Palestinian Arabs that arose during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War are a matter of great controversy among historians of, and commentators on …
30Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity — Mozart, pictured in 1770 aged 13 This list of Mozart symphonies of spurious or doubtful authenticity contains 39 symphonic works where an initial attribution to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has subsequently been proved spurious, or is the subject of… …
