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121roads and highways — ▪ transportation Introduction traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. In modern usage the term road describes a rural, lesser traveled way, while the word street denotes an urban roadway. Highway refers to a major… …
122Protein moonlighting — Crystallographic structure of cytochrome P450 from the bacteria S. coelicolor (rainbow colored cartoon, N terminus = blue, C terminus = red) complexed with heme cofactor (magenta spheres) and two molecules of its endogenous substrate epi… …
123MythBusters (2006 season) — Country of origin Australia United States No. of episodes 28 (includes 2 specials) Broadcast Original channel Discovery Channel …
124HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
125Circum-Baikal Railway — The Circum Baikal Railway in the winter The Circum Baikal Railway (Russian: Кругобайкальская железная дорога or Кругобайкалка, abbreviated КБЖД ) is a historical railway in Irkutsk region of Russia. It runs along the Northern shore of the… …
126cyprus — /suy preuhs/, n. Obs. cypress2. * * * Cyprus Introduction Cyprus Background: Independence from the UK was approved in 1960 with constitutional guarantees by the Greek Cypriot majority to the Turkish Cypriot minority. In 1974, a Greek sponsored… …
127Cyprus — /suy preuhs/, n. an island republic in the Mediterranean, S of Turkey: formerly a British colony; independent since 1960. 752,808; 3572 sq. mi. (9250 sq. km). Cap.: Nicosia. * * * Cyprus Introduction Cyprus Background: Independence from the UK… …
128Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
