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  • 41Tajikistan — /teuh jik euh stan , stahn , jee keuh /, n. Tadzhikistan. * * * Tajikistan Introduction Tajikistan Background: Tajikistan has experienced three changes in government and a five year civil war since it gained independence in 1991 from the USSR. A… …

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  • 42Operation Perch — Coordinates: 49°05′N 0°39′W / 49.083°N 0.65°W / 49.083; 0.65 …

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  • 43Opera — This article is about the art form. For the browser, see Opera (web browser). For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). The Palais Garnier of the Paris Opéra, one of the world s most famous opera houses. Opera is an art form in which singers… …

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  • 44Lebanon — /leb euh neuhn/ or, esp. for 1, / non /, n. 1. a republic at the E end of the Mediterranean, N of Israel. 3,858,736; 3927 sq. mi. (10,170 sq. km). Cap.: Beirut. 2. a city in SE Pennsylvania. 25,711. 3. a city in N central Tennessee. 11,872. 4. a… …

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  • 45Neumark — For other uses, see Neumark (disambiguation). Neumark or Ostbrandenburg (de) Nowa Marchia (pl) terra trans Oderam (la) Neumark or East Brandenburg Region of the Margra …

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  • 46Harisu — Infobox Model name = Harisu 하리수 · 河莉秀 imagesize = caption = birthname = Lee Kyung yup (changed to Lee Kyung eun in 2002) birthdate = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1975|2|17 location = Seongnam, South Korea height = height|m=1.68 haircolor = black… …

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  • 47Pharmaceuticals in India — The first Indian pharmaceutical company, Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Works, which still exists today as one of 5 government owned drug manufacturers, appeared in Calcutta in 1930. For the next 60 years, most of the drugs in India were… …

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  • 48Aleutian Islands — an archipelago extending SW from the Alaska Peninsula: part of Alaska. Also called Aleutians. * * * Chain of small islands, Alaska, U.S. They form a border of the Bering Sea, extending in an arc about 1,100 mi (1,800 km) west from the tip of the… …

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  • 49Christian Gaul —     Christian Gaul     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Gaul     The Church of Gaul first appeared in history in connexion with the persecution at Lyons under Marcus Aurelius (177). The pagan inhabitants rose up against the Christians, and… …

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  • 50Steam locomotive — A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a road locomotive such as a traction engine or steamroller.Steam locomotives dominated rail traction from the mid 19th… …

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