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  • 91List of Mobile Suit Gundam mechanics — This is a list of fictional mobile units from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. Contents 1 Earth Federation 1.1 Ground support units 1.1.1 Type 61 Tank 1.1.2 Type …

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  • 92support — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Maintenance Nouns 1. (financial support) support, maintenance, upkeep, sustenance. See aid. 2. (foundation) ground, foundation, groundwork, substratum, base, basis; terra firma; purchase, grip, footing,… …

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  • 93support — [n1] something that holds up structure abutment, agency, back, backing, base, bed, bedding, block, brace, buttress, collar, column, cornerstone, device, flotation, foothold, footing, foundation, fulcrum, groundwork, guide, hold, lining, means,… …

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  • 94main|stay — «MAYN STAY», noun. 1. a rope or wire supporting the mainmast. The mainstay extends forward and down to the bow. 2. Figurative. a main support: »Loyal friends are a person s mainstay in time of trouble. SYNONYM(S): prop, backbone …

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  • 95Ericsson — Infobox Company company name = Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson company company type = Public (OMX|SSE101|ERIC B) (nasdaq|ERIC) company slogan = Taking You Forward foundation = Stockholm, Sweden (1876) founder = Lars Magnus Ericsson location =… …

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  • 96VMGR-152 — Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 VMGR 152 Insignia Active March 11, 1942 present Country …

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  • 97Film Booking Offices of America — Infobox Company company name = Film Booking Offices of America company company type = Corporation foundation = ca. 1919 (as Robertson Cole Corp., U.S. division of Robertson Cole [UK] ) location = 723 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY [Sherwood (1923) …

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  • 98Jerry Bails — Jerry Gwin Bails (June 26, 1933 – November 23, 2006) was an American popular culturist. Known as the Father of Comic Book Fandom , he was one of the first to approach the comic book field as a subject worthy of academic study, and was a primary… …

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  • 99colorado — /kol euh rad oh, rah doh/, adj. (of cigars) of medium color and strength. [ < Sp < L coloratus colored. See COLOR, ATE1] * * * I Group of Indian people of Ecuador s Pacific coast. In the tropical lowlands where the Colorado traditionally have&#8230; …

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  • 100Colorado — Coloradan, Coloradoan, adj., n. /kol euh rad oh, rah doh/, n. 1. a state in the W United States. 2,888,834; 104,247 sq. mi. (270,000 sq. km). Cap.: Denver. Abbr.: CO (for use with zip code), Col., Colo. 2. a river flowing SW from N Colorado&#8230; …

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