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  • 101Columbushaus — The Columbushaus in 1932, the year of its completion The Columbushaus (Columbus House) was a nine storey modernist office and shopping building in Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, designed by Erich Mendelsohn and completed in 1932. It was an icon of… …

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  • 102ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …

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  • 103West Memphis 3 — The West Memphis 3 are three teenagers tried and convicted for the murders of three children in the Robin Hood Hills area of West Memphis, Arkansas, United States in 1993. Damien Echols was sentenced to death. Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin… …

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  • 104King's Men (playing company) — The King s Men was the company of actors to which William Shakespeare (1564 ndash;1616) belonged through most of his career. Formerly known as The Lord Chamberlain s Men during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it became The King s Men in 1603 when… …

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  • 105History of Thessaloniki — The history of Thessaloniki is a long history dating back to the Ancient Greeks. With the opening of the borders since the collapse of Communism in the early 1990s, it is currently experiencing a strong revival. It serves as the prime port for… …

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  • 106Drug policy of Sweden — The Drug policy of Sweden is one of zero tolerance, including cannabis, focusing on prevention, treatment, and control, aiming to reduce both the supply of and demand for illegal drugs.[1] Enforcement is in the form of widespread drug testing,… …

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  • 107international law — the body of rules that nations generally recognize as binding in their conduct toward one another. Also called law of nations. Cf. private international law, public international law. [1830 40] * * * Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that …

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  • 108Moving Day (New York City) — The chaos of Moving Day in New York City in 1856 Moving Day was a tradition in New York City dating back to colonial times and lasting until after World War II. On February 1, sometimes known as Rent Day , landlords would give notice to their… …

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  • 109France — /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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  • 110United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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