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  • 21Demopolis, Alabama — Demopolis   City   Aerial view of Demopolis, Alabama. The confluence of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers is visible in the center of the pic …

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  • 22Mohammad Hussaini Shirazi — Muhammad ibn Mahdi al Hussaini al Shirazi Born 1928 Najaf Died December 17, 2001 [1] Qom Grand Ayatollah Muhammad ibn Mahdi al Hussaini al Shirazi (Arabic: سيد محمد بن مهدي الحسيني الشيرازي) w(1928 December 17, 2001) was a religious authority, or …

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  • 23Shock rock — is a wide umbrella term for artists who combine rock music with elements of theatrical shock value in live performances. Shock rock first appeared as a loose genre term during the early 1970s, referring to glam rock era musicians. The genre s… …

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  • 24Euphemism — A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener, [ [http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/Euphemism Euphemism] Webster s Online… …

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  • 25Lord Peter Wimsey — Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey, a fictional character, is a [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bon vivant bon vivant] sleuth in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, in which he solves mysteries usually murder mysteries …

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  • 26Nadezhda von Meck — Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck (Russian: Надежда Филаретовна фон Мекк) (10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1831 – 13 January [O.S. 1 January] 1894) was a Russian businesswoman, who is best known today for her artistic relationship with Pyotr Ilyich… …

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  • 27Social Security debate (United States) — This article concerns proposals to change the Social Security system in the United States. Social Security is a social insurance program officially called Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), in reference to its three components …

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  • 28Fred Gruen — Fred Henry George Gruen (June 14, 1921, Vienna October 29, 1997) was an Australian economist, an early and influential voice in favour of free trade and tariff reductions in the 1960 s and 1970 s. Early life and educationBorn Fritz Heinz Georg… …

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  • 29chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by …

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  • 30Xenophon — Xenophontian /zen euh fon tee euhn/, Xenophontine /zen euh fon tuyn, tin/, adj. /zen euh feuhn, fon /, n. 434? 355? B.C., Greek historian and essayist. * * * born 431, Attica, Greece died shortly before 350 BC, Attica Greek historian. Born of a… …

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