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  • 66History of Toronto — The Toronto area was home to a number of First Nations groups who lived on the shore of Lake Ontario. At the time of European contact and pre contact, the Neutral Erie, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida and Cayuga were living in the vicinity of Toronto. The …

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  • 69Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation       January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …

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  • 70logistics — /loh jis tiks, leuh /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. the branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the …

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