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  • 71Olympic Games — 1. Also called Olympian Games. the greatest of the games or festivals of ancient Greece, held every four years in the plain of Olympia in Elis, in honor of Zeus. 2. a modern international sports competition, held once every four years. [1600 10]… …

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  • 72Manyika tribe — The Manyika are a Shona tribe with their own dialect, Manyika. The majority of Manyika come from the eastern region of Zimbabwe. The language is widely spoken in Manicaland Province and in certain areas of Manica Province in neighbouring… …

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  • 73Kurdistan Workers Party — Infobox militant organization name=Kurdistan Workers Party Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, (PKK) logo=PKK.svg caption=The current PKK flag used since 2005 dates=1978 present leader=The current official leader is Murat Karayilan. Abdullah Öcalan (also …

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  • 74Treaty of Warsaw (1970) — The Treaty of Warsaw ( de. Warschauer Vertrag) was a treaty between West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany the FRG) and the People s Republic of Poland. It was signed on 7 December 1970, and it was ratified by the German Bundestag on 17… …

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  • 75Sikhism — /see kiz euhm/, n. the religion and practices of the Sikhs. [SIKH + ISM] * * * Indian monotheistic religion founded in the late 15th century by Guru Nanak. Most of its 18 million members, called Sikhs, live in the Punjab, the site of their… …

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  • 76West Florida — This article is about the history of the region in colonial times. For the school, see University of West Florida. For information about the region as part of the U.S. territory and state of Florida from 1821 to the present, see Florida Panhandle …

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  • 77American Revolution — The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and collectively became the nation of the United… …

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  • 78Hoboken, New Jersey — Infobox Settlement official name = Hoboken, New Jersey settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = 250x200px image caption = Pier A image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location of Hoboken within Hudson County. Inset: Location of… …

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  • 79Hollanders in the United States — • Statistics and other information about Dutch immigrants Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hollanders in the United States     Hollanders in the United States …

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  • 80Eastern Orthodox Church — Orthodox Catholic Church and Orthodox Christian Church redirect here. For other uses of the term, see Orthodox (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Oriental Orthodox Churches. See also: Eastern Christianity and Orthodoxy by country The… …

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