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21Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything — The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is numeric in Douglas Adams series The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy . In the story, a simple answer to The Ultimate Question is requested from the computer Deep Thought, specially built for… …
22Timeline of knowledge about the interstellar and intergalactic medium — Timeline of the interstellar medium and intergalactic medium* 1848 Lord Rosse studies M1 and names it the Crab Nebula * 1864 William Huggins studies the spectrum of the Orion Nebula and shows that it is a cloud of gas * 1927 Ira Bowen explains… …
23between the devil and the deep blue sea — or {literary}[between two fires] or[between a rock and a hard place] {adv. phr.} Between two dangers or difficulties, not knowing what to do. * /The pirates had to fight and be killed or give up and be hanged; they were between the devil and the… …
24between the devil and the deep blue sea — or {literary}[between two fires] or[between a rock and a hard place] {adv. phr.} Between two dangers or difficulties, not knowing what to do. * /The pirates had to fight and be killed or give up and be hanged; they were between the devil and the… …
25Passes of the Silvretta and Rätikon Ranges — This article lists mountain passes of the Silvretta, Rätikon, Verwall and Samnaun Ranges of the Alps. They should be incorporated into the pages of those individual ranges to which they belong. The chief passes of the Silvretta and Rhatikon… …
26on the wane and on the wax — {adv. phr.} Decreasing and increasing. Said of the moon. * /The moon is regularly on the wane and on the wax at regular intervals lasting half a month./ …
27on the wane and on the wax — {adv. phr.} Decreasing and increasing. Said of the moon. * /The moon is regularly on the wane and on the wax at regular intervals lasting half a month./ …
28goods of the second and higher orders — Producer s goods Pro*duc er s goods (Polit. Econ.) Goods that satisfy wants only indirectly as factors in the production of other goods, such as tools and raw material; called also {instrumental goods}, {auxiliary goods}, {intermediate goods}, or …
29Communications in the Turks and Caicos Islands — Telephone Telephones main lines in use: 3,000 (1994)Telephones mobile cellular: 0 (1994)Telephone system: fair cable and radiotelephone services: domestic: NA: international: 2 submarine cables; satellite earth station 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) …
30on the up and up — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Honest; trustworthy; sincere. * /We felt that he was honest and could be trusted. This information is on the up and up./ Compare: ON THE LEVEL …