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  • 101Zor-El — Superherobox caption = Zor El, from Action Comics #316 (September 1964). Art by Curt Swan. character name =Zor El publisher = DC Comics debut = Action Comics #252 (May 1959) creators = Otto Binder (writer) Al Plastino (art) alter ego = full name …

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  • 1022005-2006 Thai political crisis — The 2005 2006 Thai political crisis was a period in which series of events occurred that ended the political career of Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand. It resulted in the overthrow of the Thai Rak Thai government in the Thailand… …

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  • 103Scourge the Hedgehog — Superherobox| no comic color=background:#8080ff character name=Scourge the Hedgehog name=Scourge the Hedgehog alter ego= Sonic (Prime) publisher=Archie Comics debut= Sonic the Hedgehog #11 ( June 1994 ) As Evil Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog #160 (… …

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  • 104Castle of Perseverance, The — (ca. 1405–1425)    The Castle of Perseverance is the oldest complete extant MORALITY PLAY in English. There is an earlier play called The Pride of Life, but it survives only in a fragment. Like other morality plays, The Castle of Perseverance… …

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  • 105surround — [v] enclose, encircle something beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, box in, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close around, close in, close in on, compass, confine, edge, enclave, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, fringe,… …

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  • 106France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 107United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 108Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 109Germany — /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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  • 110United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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