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  • 11chief */*/*/ — I UK [tʃiːf] / US [tʃɪf] adjective [only before noun] 1) main or most important Unemployment was the chief cause of poverty during the 1930s. Dana had always considered her looks her chief asset. The majority of the market has gone to their chief …

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  • 12chief — chief1 [ tʃif ] adjective only before noun *** 1. ) main or most important: The majority of the market has gone to their chief rival, Gateway. Unemployment was the chief cause of poverty during the 1930s. Dana had always considered her looks her… …

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  • 13chief — 1 /tSi:f/ adjective 1 most important; main: One of the chief causes of crime today is drugs. | the prosecution s chief witness see also: chiefly 2 highest in rank: the chief accountant | the chief political correspondent of the Washington Post 3… …

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  • 14Indian — /in dee euhn/, n. 1. Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos. 2. any of the… …

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  • 15chief — /tʃif / (say cheef) noun 1. the head or leader of a body of people; the person highest in authority. 2. the head or ruler of a clan or tribe. 3. Colloquial boss. 4. Heraldry the upper third of an escutcheon. –adjective 5. highest in rank or… …

  • 16Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… …

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  • 17Huron Indians — • If language may be taken as a fair criterion to go by, the Hurons proper were the original stock from which sprang all the branches of the great Iroquoian family, whether included in the primitive federation of the Five Nations, or standing… …

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  • 18Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology       Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …

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  • 19Guaraní Indians — • A tribal group of South America, having the former home territory chiefly between the Uruguay and lower Paraguay Rivers, in what is now Paraguay and the Provinces of Corrientes and Entre Rios of Argentina Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …

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  • 20Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition — This is the timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the American West (1803 1806). [cite web | last = Jackson | first = Jill | url = http://www.lewisandclark.org/?p=exp timeline n=landcexp| title = A Timeline of the Lewis and Clark… …

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