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  • 12education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

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  • 13Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation       January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …

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  • 14Burbank, California — This article is about the city in Los Angeles County, California. For the community in Santa Clara County, California, see Burbank, Santa Clara County, California. City of Burbank   City   …

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  • 15Panama — Panamanian /pan euh may nee euhn, mah /, adj., n. Panamic /pa nam ik/, adj. /pan euh mah , maw /, n. 1. a republic in S Central America. 2,693,417; 28,575 sq. mi. (74,010 sq. km). 2. Also called Panama City. a city in and the capital of Panama,… …

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  • 16Emeryville, California — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Emeryville, California settlement type = City nickname = imagesize = image caption = image image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = The city of Emeryville highlighted within Alameda County mapsize1 = map… …

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  • 17Anchorage, Alaska — Anchorage redirects here. For other uses, see Anchorage (disambiguation). Anchorage   Unified Borough and City   Municipality of Anchorage …

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  • 18Ernest O. Thompson — Infobox Officeholder name= Ernest Othmer Thompson image size = (349 × 475 pixels, file size: 152 KB, MIME type: image/gif) caption= Ernest O. Thompson office= Mayor of Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA term start=1929 term end=1932 preceded=Lee …

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  • 19postal system — System that allows persons to send letters, parcels, or packages to addressees in the same country or abroad. Postal systems are usually government run and paid for by a combination of user charges and government subsidies. There are early… …

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  • 20Louis Brandeis — Louis Dembitz Brandeis Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court In office June 1, 1916[1] – February 13, 1939 …

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