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  • 81Music and politics — The connection between music and politics, particularly political expression in music. This expression can use anti establishment or protest themes, including anti war songs, although pro establishment ideas are also used, for example in national …

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  • 82WorkChoices — The Workplace Relations Act 1996, as amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment Act 2005, or WorkChoices, which came into effect in March 2006, was the most comprehensive change to industrial relations in Australia in over a century. In 1904… …

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  • 83List of Backyard Kids — The Backyard Kids are fictional characters in Humongous Entertainment s Backyard Sports series of video games, ranging from 9 to 12 years of age. They live in the Junior Sports Neighborhood, as stated in the first five Backyard Sports games.… …

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  • 84Morrill Tariff — The Morrill Tariff of 1861 was a protective tariff in the United States, adopted on March 2, 1861 during the administration of President James Buchanan. Named for its sponsor, Representative Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont, who drafted it with… …

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  • 85Antigonish Movement — The Antigonish Movement blended adult education, co operatives, microfinance and rural community development to help small, resource based communities around Canada’s Maritimes improve their economic and social circumstances. A group of priests… …

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  • 861940 Republican National Convention — The 1940 Republican National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 24 to June 28, 1940. It nominated Wendell Willkie of Indiana for President and Senator Charles McNary of Oregon for Vice President.The contest for the 1940… …

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  • 87religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… …

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  • 88theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …

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  • 89Arabic literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the Arabic language.       The tradition of Arabic literature stretches back some 16 centuries to unrecorded beginnings in the Arabian Peninsula. At certain points in the development of… …

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  • 90cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …

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