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  • 61Maritime history of California — History of California This article is part of a series Timeline …

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  • 62Fictional military aircraft — are imagined aircraft which are used in fiction, in its various media, but do not exist in the real world. These aircraft may be conjectured variants of real world aircraft or they may be completely fabricated by the author. Contents 1 Fictional… …

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  • 63Egyptian cuisine — Life in Egypt Culture Cuisine …

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  • 64Brimstone (wrestler) — Infobox Wrestler|name=Brimstone right|thumb|Brimstone names=Brimstone height=6 ft 2 in (188 cm) weight=275 lb (125 kg) birth date= Birth date and age|1974|8|22|mf=y birth place=Mineola, New York resides=Long Island, New York billed=The Barren… …

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  • 65W class Melbourne tram — MelbourneTram DESCRIPTION= NAME= SW5 class ENTERED SERVICE=1939 BUILDER=M MTB IN SERVICE= 95 / 3 FLEET=681 849 (see below) DEPOTS=Southbank TARE=17.2 t LENGTH=14.17 m WIDTH= 2.73 m HEIGHT=3.16 m MOTORS= 4 x 30 kW (GE)MelbourneTram… …

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  • 66Algeria — /al jear ee euh/, n. a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 29,830,370; 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Cap.: Algiers. * * * Algeria Introduction Algeria Background: After a century of… …

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  • 67Amsterdam — /am steuhr dam /; for 1 also Du. /ahm steuhrdd dahm /, n. 1. a city in and the official capital of the Netherlands. 712,294. Cf. Hague, The. 2. a city in E New York. 21,872. * * * City (pop., 2001: urban agglom., 1,002,868), western Netherlands.… …

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  • 68British Virgin Islands — a British colony comprising several small islands (largest, Tortola) in the West Indies, E of Puerto Rico. 10,500; 67 sq. mi. (174 sq. km). Cap.: Road Town. * * * British Virgin Islands Introduction British Virgin Islands Background: First… …

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  • 69chile — /chil ee/, n. chili. * * * Chile Introduction Chile Background: A three year old Marxist government was overthrown in 1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto PINOCHET, who ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990 …

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  • 70Chile — Chilean, adj., n. /chil ee/; Sp. /chee le/, n. a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 14,508,168; 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Cap.: Santiago. * * * Chile Introduction Chile Background: A three year old Marxist government was… …

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