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  • 71The Muse (student paper) — For other uses of the title see The Muse (disambiguation). The Muse , successor to the Memorial Times , began publishing in 1950 in St. John s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, as an unnamed paper. That paper held a contest to choose a new name …

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  • 72The Battle of Algiers (film) — Infobox Film name = The Battle of Algiers caption = writer = Gillo Pontecorvo Franco Solinas music = Ennio Morricone Gillo Pontecorvo starring = Brahim Hagiag Jean Martin Saadi Yacef director = Gillo Pontecorvo producer = Antonio Musu Saadi Yacef …

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  • 73History of the Los Angeles Police Department — The first specific Los Angeles police force was founded in 1853 as the Los Angeles Rangers, a volunteer force that assisted the existing County forces. The Rangers were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group.… …

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  • 74Shooting of the Romanov family — The Romanovs. From left to right: Olga, Maria, Nicholas II, Alexandra, Anastasia, Alexei, and Tatiana. Livadia, 1913 The shooting of the Romanov family, of the Russian Imperial House of Romanov, and those who chose to accompany th …

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  • 75Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …

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  • 76Flood tide — Flood Flood (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus; from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See {Flow}, v. i.] 1. A great… …

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  • 77Wells-next-the-Sea — Infobox UK place country = England latitude = 52.95 longitude = 0.85 official name = Wells next the Sea static static image caption = The quay from the sea wall population = 2,451 (2001 Census) shire district = North Norfolk shire county =… …

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  • 78tide — The ebb and flow of the sea. As affecting determination of upland boundary of shore, tide is rising and falling of water of the sea that is produced by attraction of sun and moon, uninfluenced by special winds, seasons or other circumstances, and …

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  • 79Rising damp (structural) — Rising damp is a condition caused by ground moisture rising up a masonry wall by capillary action. It occurs where there is no damp proof course (DPC) or where the DPC has been damaged or bridged. Where present, moisture can rise up the wall to a …

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  • 80stem the tide —    If people try to stem the tide, they are trying to stop something unpleasant from getting worse, usually when they don t succeed.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you stem the tide (of events), you stop the development of something… …

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