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  • 84Lerwick — /lerr wik, ler , ler ik/, n. a city in and the administrative center of the Shetland Islands, N of Scotland. 6107. * * * Town (pop., 1991: 7,336), administrative centre of the Shetland Islands, northern Scotland. It is on the eastern coast of the …

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  • 85United Mine Workers of America — ▪ American labour union       American labour union, founded in 1890, that engaged in bitter, though often successful, disputes with coal mine operators for safe working conditions, fair pay, and other worker benefits. An industrial union, the… …

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  • 86prop — 1. noun 1) the roof is held up by props Syn: pole, post, support, upright, brace, buttress, stay, strut, stanchion, shore, pier, pillar, pile, piling, bolster, truss, column 2) …

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  • 87performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 88Wales — /waylz/, n. a division of the United Kingdom, in SW Great Britain. 2,766,800; 8016 sq. mi. (20,760 sq. km). Medieval, Cambria. * * * I Welsh Cymru Principality, constituting an integral part of the United Kingdom. It occupies a peninsula on the… …

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  • 89List of Mobile Suit Gundam mobile units — This is a list of fictional mobile units from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam .Earth FederationGround support unitsType 61 Tank This article is about the fictional weapon Type 61 Tank, for the real world Type 61 tank, please go to Type 61… …

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  • 90cryptology — cryptologist, n. cryptologic /krip tl oj ik/, cryptological, adj. /krip tol euh jee/, n. 1. cryptography. 2. the science and study of cryptanalysis and cryptography. [1635 45; < NL cryptologia. See CRYPTO , LOGY] * * * Introduction …

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