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21Jan Smuts in the South African Republic — Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS (May 24, 1870 ndash; September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African and Commonwealth statesman, military leader, and philosopher. He served as a Boer General during the Boer War, a British …
22Trapped in the Closet — Infobox Single Name = Trapped in the Closet Artist = R.Kelly from Album = , Double Up Released = January 2004 (Chapters 1 6) November 2005 (Chapters 1 12 DVD) October 2006 (Chapters 1 5) August 2007 (Chapters 13 22 DVD) December 2007 (Chapters 1… …
23defuse — ► VERB 1) remove the fuse from (an explosive device) in order to prevent it from exploding. 2) reduce the danger or tension in (a difficult situation). USAGE The verbs defuse and diffuse have different meanings but are often confused. Defuse… …
24Papal mediation in the Beagle conflict — After the failure of the negotiations with Chile, on 22 December 1978 the Argentina Junta started the Operation Soberanía in order to invade the islands around Cape Horn awarded to Chile by the binding Beagle Channel Arbitration. A few hours… …
25List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters — From left to right, Sokka, Mai, Katara, Suki, Momo, Zuko, Aang, Toph, and Iroh enjoy tea and relax at the latter s tea shop at the end of Sozin s Comet. The animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and its live action film adaptation …
26Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Iran) — Content from the United States diplomatic cables leak has depicted Iran and related subjects extensively. The leak, which began on 28 November 2010, occurred when the website of WikiLeaks an international new media non profit organisation that… …
27defuse — UK [diːˈfjuːz] / US [dɪˈfjuz] verb [transitive] Word forms defuse : present tense I/you/we/they defuse he/she/it defuses present participle defusing past tense defused past participle defused 1) to make a situation more relaxed by making people… …
28defuse — [[t]di͟ːfju͟ːz[/t]] defuses, defusing, defused 1) VERB If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it. [V n] Police administrators credited the organization with helping defuse potentially violent situations... [V n] Officials will… …
29Characters in the Southern Victory series — The Southern Victory series or Timeline 191 is a series of novels written by Harry Turtledove. They form an alternate history of events in the United States based on the premise that the Confederates won the Civil War and became an independent… …
30Fictional characters in the Southern Victory Series — The Southern Victory Series is a series of alternate history novels written by Harry Turtledove. The point of divergence involves Confederate States of America winning the American Civil War and becoming an independent nation. The series covers… …
