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1Peninsula Campaign — The Peninsula Campaign (also known as the Peninsular Campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The… …
2Genesee River — Geobox River name = Genesee River native name = other name = other name1 = image size = 300 image caption = Upper Genesee near Belmont country = USA country1 = state = New York state1 = Pennsylvania region type = Counties region = Monroe, NY… …
3Disasters — ▪ 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 …
4literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
5Ukraine — /yooh krayn , kruyn , yooh krayn/, n. a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Russian, Ukraina. Formerly, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Ukraine… …
6Walker, Kara — ▪ 2007 In 2006 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City featured an exhibition by American artist Kara Walker titled “After the Deluge,” which was inspired in part by the devastation wreaked the previous year by Hurricane Katrina in New… …
7destruction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of destroying Nouns 1. destruction, waste, dissolution, break[ing] up; disruption; consumption; disorganization. See loss. 2. (fact of destruction) fall, downfall, ruin, perdition, crash, smash,… …
8Cyclone Larry — Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry Category 5 cyclone (Australian scale) Category 4 cyclone (SSHS) Tropical Cyclone Larry at peak intensity on 19 March Formed …
9History of the BattleTech universe — The following is an abridged history of events in the fictional universe of BattleTech. Originally conceived in the early 1980s as a backstory for the franchise s tabletop wargame, it has been expanded considerably by material in numerous… …
10Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
