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  • 11Constantine the Great — This article is about Constantine as an Emperor. For Constantine as a Saint, see Constantine I and Christianity. Constantine I redirects here. For other uses, see Constantine I (disambiguation). Constantine I 57th Emperor of the Roman Empire …

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  • 12Defence of the Reich — Part of Campaigns of World War II …

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  • 13George W. Bush's second term as President of the United States — began at noon on January 20, 2005 and is due to expire with the swearing in of the 44th President of the United States at noon, Washington, D.C. time, on January 20, 2009.tated goalsBush s stated goals for his second term: # Major changes to the… …

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  • 14COUNCILS OF THE LANDS — COUNCILS OF THE LANDS, the central institutions of Jewish self government in Poland and Lithuania from the middle of the 16th century until 1764. The bodies in question were the Council of the Four Lands (Heb. וַעַד אַרְבַּע אֲךָצוֹת) or  … …

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  • 15Steamboats of the Mississippi — GeographyThe Mississippi is one of the world’s great rivers. It spans 3860 miles of length as measured using its northernmost west fork, the Missouri River, which starts in the Rocky Mountains in Montana, joining the Mississippi proper in the… …

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  • 16Financial Support for the Elderly — ▪ 1994 Introduction by Janet H. Clark       By 1993 industrialized countries throughout the world were facing a common and growing problem how to cope with the financial problems created by a growing proportion of elderly in their populations.… …

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  • 17CHARITY — The obligation to help the poor and the needy and to give them gifts is stated many times in the Bible and was considered by the rabbis of all ages to be one of the cardinal mitzvot of Judaism. In the Bible The Bible itself legislates several… …

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  • 18Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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  • 19Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 20environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …

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