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  • 1The great — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… …

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  • 2The Great Lakes — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… …

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  • 3The great powers — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… …

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  • 4The Great Spirit — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… …

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  • 5ship of state — the affairs of a state symbolized as a ship on a course * * * a nation or its affairs likened to a ship under sail. [1665 75] * * * ship of state, the government: »... sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union strong and great! (Longfellow) …

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  • 6The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom — Infobox Amusement park name = Six Flags The Great Escape Splashwater Kingdom location = Queensbury, New York (Advertised as in Lake George, New York) area = approximately 150 acres opening date = 1954 previous names = Storytown USA , The Great… …

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  • 7The Great and Powerful Turtle — Superherobox caption= comic color=background:#c0c0c0 character name=The Great and Powerful Turtle real name=Thomas Tudbury publisher=George R. R. Martin debut= Wild Cards (1987) creators=George R. R. Martin alliance color=background:#ffc0c0… …

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  • 8Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef — The Great Barrier Reef is the world s largest coral reef system,cite web|author=UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre |year=1980|title=Protected Areas and World Heritage Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area|url=http://sea.unep… …

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  • 9Great Famine (Ireland) — The Great Famine ( ga. An Gorta Mór [The term has appeared in the titles of numerous books on the event, as demonstrated by [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=%22Gorta+Mo%CC%81r%22 =Search qt=results page this search on WorldCat] ] or ga. An… …

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  • 10Museum and historic ships of the Great Lakes — This is a list of museum ships and boats of the Great Lakes, North America, including surviving hulls, museum and/or historic ships at risk, other surviving historic hulls and interesting partial ships of note, etc. Contents 1 Museum ships and… …

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