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  • 101Eckankar — Eckankar. Eckankar is a new religious movement founded in the United States in 1965, though practiced around the world long before with a solid following in China. It focuses on spiritual exercises enabling practitioners to experience what its… …

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  • 102building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …

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  • 103ostariophysan — ▪ fish Introduction  any of about8,000 species of bony fishes (bony fish) belonging to a group that includes the majority of freshwater fishes throughout the world. Familiar representatives of this group are the minnows (minnow), suckers (sucker) …

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  • 104Fantastic Four — This article is about the superheroes. For other uses, see Fantastic Four (disambiguation). Fantastic Four Promotional art for Fantastic Four #509 (March 2004) by Mike Wieringo and Karl Kesel …

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  • 105Anthony Burgess — Infobox Writer name = John Anthony Burgess Wilson caption = The 2005 Cover of the Andrew Biswell biography (Picador) pseudonym = Anthony Burgess, Joseph Kell birthdate = birth date|1917|2|25|mf=y birthplace = Harpurhey, Manchester deathdate =… …

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  • 106Mukilteo, Washington — City of Mukilteo   City   Location of Mukilteo, Washing …

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  • 107Mantra — In Tibet, many Buddhists carve mantras into rocks as a form of meditation. A mantra (Tib.སྔགས་ ngak; Wyl. sngags) [1] is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that is considered capable of creating transformation (cf. spiritual… …

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  • 108Romanization of Hebrew — Hebrew uses the Hebrew alphabet with optional vowel points. The romanization of Hebrew is the use of the Latin alphabet to transliterate Hebrew words.For example, the Hebrew name spelled ישראל ( Israel ) in the Hebrew alphabet can be romanized as …

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  • 109New Zealand place names — Most New Zealand place names are derived from Māori and British sources. Both groups used names to commemorate notable people, events, places from their homeland, their ships or to described the surrounding area. The Māori did not have a… …

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  • 110Star Wars Expanded Universe — The Star Wars logo, as seen in all films. The Star Wars Expanded Universe encompasses all of the officially licensed, fictional background of the Star Wars universe, outside of the six feature films produced by George Lucas. The expanded universe …

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