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  • 71Kynaston Reeves — Born Philip Arthur Reeves 29 May 1893(1893 05 29) London, England Died 5 December 1971(1971 12 05) (aged 78) London, England Other names P. Kynas …

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  • 72US beef imports in South Korea — have been a contentious issue in South Korea United States relations as the US government has sought to re open the market to the product, and the South Korean government has been criticized for allegedly increasing the risk to public health in… …

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  • 73FESTIVALS — (Heb. חַג, hag; מוֹעֵד, mo ed; or יוֹם טוֹב, yom tov). Introduction The root of חַג is חָגֹג ḥagog, to celebrate, or possibly חוּג ḥug, to go round. It is related to the Arabic ḥajja which means to go on a pilgrimage from which comes ḥajj, the… …

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  • 74Tullamareena — (or Tullamarine, Dullamarin) was a senior man of the Wurundjeri, a Koori, (Aboriginal) people of the Melbourne area, at the time of the British settlement in Victoria, Australia, in 1835. He is believed to be present at the signing of John Batman …

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  • 75burn — I [[t]bɜrn[/t]] v. burned burnt, burn•ing, 1) to consume fuel and give off heat, gases, and usu. light; be on fire 2) chem. a) to undergo combustion; oxidize b) to undergo fission or fusion 3) (of a fireplace, furnace, etc.) to contain a fire 4)… …

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  • 76Bradford City stadium fire — The Bradford City Fire Disaster occurred on Saturday May 11, 1985 when a flash fire consumed one side of the Valley Parade football stadium in Bradford, England. The fire broke out during a football match between the home team, Bradford City, and …

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  • 77Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, usually just called the Iditarod , is an annual sled dog race in Alaska, where mushers and teams of typically 16 dogs cover 1,161 miles (1868 km) in eight to fifteen days from Willow to Nome. The Iditarod began… …

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  • 78Malting House School — The Malting House school building photographed in 2008. The building is on the corner of Newnham Road and Malting Lane and overlooks the Mill Pond and Sheep s Green. The Malting House School (also known as the Malting House Garden School) was an… …

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  • 79Hebrew calendar — The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha luach ha ivri), or Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances. It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah… …

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  • 80horror: “old dark house” subgenre —    The setting of the Overlook Hotel in the STANLEY KUBRICK–STEPHEN KING film THE SHINING (1980) belongs to the “old dark house” tradition in Gothic literature. Ever since the ghost of Hamlet’s father stalked the battlements of Elsinore Castle,… …

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