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  • 121Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World — (ISBN 0 609 80964 4) is a 2004 book by Jack Weatherford, Dewitt Wallace Professor of Anthropology at Macalester College. It describes the rise and impact of Genghis Khan. The text is based largely on the Secret History of the Mongols and also… …

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  • 122Enhanced interrogation techniques — or alternative set of procedures are terms adopted by the George W. Bush administration in the United States to describe certain severe interrogation methods, often described as torture.[1] These techniques were authorized by the Bush… …

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  • 123Green Wing Special — Infobox Television episode Title = Green Wing Special Series = Green Wing Caption = The cover of the Green Wing Special DVD. Season = 3 Episode = 1 Airdate = flagicon|Australia flagicon|Belgium Start date|2006|12|29 flagicon|United Kingdom Start… …

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  • 124submission — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Yielding Nouns 1. submission, submissiveness, obedience, resignation, patience, humility, self abasement, compliance, pliancy, docility, passivity, acquiescence, sufferance, conformity, subjection;… …

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  • 125tail — I. /teɪl / (say tayl) noun 1. the hindmost part of an animal, posterior to the vent, especially when forming a distinct flexible appendage to the trunk. 2. something resembling or suggesting this in shape or position: the tail of a kite. 3. the… …

  • 126Ghee — is a class of clarified butter that originated in South Asia and is commonly used in South Asian (Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepali and Pakistani) cuisine. The word ghee comes from Sanskrit: घृत (ghṛta, IPA: [ɡʱrit̪ə] sprinkled ) and has several… …

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  • 127quail — v shrink, recoil, shy, shy away from, pull back, draw back, turn back; flinch, blench, blink, lose heart, Inf. funk; wince, quiver, quaver, quake, shake, tremble, shiver in one s shoes, quake in one s boots; start, have cold feet, take fright;… …

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  • 128tail — I [[t]teɪl[/t]] n. 1) zool. the hindmost part of an animal, esp. that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk 2) something resembling or suggesting this in shape or position: the tail of a kite[/ex] 3) astron. the luminous stream… …

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