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61ice hockey — a game played on ice between two teams of six skaters each, the object being to score goals by shooting a puck into the opponents cage using a stick with a wooden blade set at an obtuse angle to the shaft. [1880 85] * * * Game played on an ice… …
62Taiwan — /tuy wahn /, n. Wade Giles, Pinyin. a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895 1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949. Cap.: Taipei. Also called Formosa. * *… …
63Calendar of 1998 — ▪ 1999 January January 1 At the stroke of the new year, the Russian ruble is worth a thousand times less than before as three zeros are removed from its value; about six new rubles equal one U.S. dollar. Foreign Minister David Levy… …
64Morocco — Moroccan /meuh rok euhn/, adj., n. /meuh rok oh/, n. 1. French, Maroc. Spanish, Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone.… …
65New Democratic Party candidates, 1997 Canadian federal election — The New Democratic Party of Canada ran a full slate of candidates in the 1997 federal election, and won 21 seats out of 301 to emerge as the fourth largest party in the Canadian House of Commons. Many of the party s candidates have their own… …
66Correctional Service of Canada — Service correctionnel du Canada Common name Corrections Canada Abbreviation CSC/SCC …
67Malays in Singapore — Total population 650,000 (year 2010 census) Languages Malay, English, some Arabic speakers. Relig …
68Kanadische Unterhauswahlen 1935 — Richard Bedford Bennett (links) und William Lyon Mackenzie King (rechts) Die 18. kanadischen Unterhauswahlen (engl. 18th Canadian General Election, frz. 18e élection fédérale canadienne) fanden am 14. Oktober 1935 statt. Gewählt wurden 245… …
69Antigua and Barbuda — an island state comprising Antigua and two smaller islands: a member of the former West Indies Associated States; formerly a British crown colony; gained independence 1981. 79,000; 171 sq. mi. (442 sq. km). Cap.: St. John s. * * * Antigua and… …
70ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
