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  • 102Nimrod Expedition — Jameson Adams, Frank Wild and Eric Marshall (from left to right) plant the Union jack at their southernmost position, 88° 23′, on 9 January 1909. The photograph was taken by expedition leader Ernest Shackleton. The British Antarctic… …

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  • 104Glasgow —    GLASGOW, a city, the seat of a university, and a sea port, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark, and situated in longitude 4° 15 51 (W.), and latitude 55° 52 10 (N.), 23 miles (E. by S.) from Greenock …

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  • 105New Zealand State Highway 94 — State Highway 94 Route information Maintained by New Zealand Transport Agency Length: 254.4 km (158.1 mi) …

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  • 106University of Virginia — The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia Established 1819 Type Public Flagship Endowment …

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  • 1071994–95 in English football — The 1994 1995 season was the 115th season of competitive football in England.OverviewPremiershipBlackburn Rovers ended their 81 year wait for the league title thanks to the strike partnership of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton which scored a total… …

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  • 108France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 109Calendar of 2000 — ▪ 2001 January We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats. Never before have we had such… …

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  • 110Calendar of 1998 — ▪ 1999 January January 1       At the stroke of the new year, the Russian ruble is worth a thousand times less than before as three zeros are removed from its value; about six new rubles equal one U.S. dollar.       Foreign Minister David Levy… …

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