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  • 31Fowler —   [ faʊlə],    1) Alfred, britischer Astrophysiker, * Wilsden (heute zu Bingley, Yorkshire) 2. 3. 1868, ✝ Ealing (heute zu London) 24. 6. 1940; Professor am heutigen Imperial College in London; grundlegende Untersuchungen der Spektren von Sonne,… …

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  • 32Watches of the Night — is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on March 25th 1887; in book form, first in the first Indian edition of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888; and in the many subsequent editions of that… …

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  • 33Native Americans in the United States — This article is about the indigenous people of the United States. For other indigenous people see Indigenous peoples by geographic regions Native Americans …

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  • 34Expulsion of the Acadians — St. John River Campaign: Raid on Grimrose (present day Gagetown, New Brunswick). This is the only contemporaneous image of the Expulsion of the Acadians The Expulsion of the Acadians (also known as the Great Upheaval, the Great Expulsion, The… …

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  • 35Em (typography) — An em is a unit of measurement in the field of typography, equal to the point size of the current font. This unit is not defined in terms of any specific typeface, and thus is the same for all fonts at a given point size. [cite book |title= The… …

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  • 36Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union (1940) — Soviet occupation and annexation of the Baltic States Part of World War II Date June 15, 1940 June 21, 1940 Location Baltic states …

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  • 37Suit (history) — The man s suit of clothes is a set of garments which are crafted from the same cloth. This article discusses the history of the lounge suit, often called a business suit when made in dark colours and of conservative cut.Our current styles were… …

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  • 38River Shannon — The River Shannon ( Sionainn or Sionna in Irish) is, at 386 km (240 miles), the longest river in Ireland. [http://www.discoverireland.com/gb/about ireland/nature/ Accessed: 22nd July, 2008] [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia… …

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  • 39encyclopaedia — Reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge comprehensively. It is self contained and explains subjects in greater detail than a dictionary. It differs from an almanac in… …

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  • 40American and British English spelling differences — Spelling differences redirects here. For other uses, see Category:Language comparison. For guidelines on dialects and spelling in the English language version of Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English. Differences… …

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