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21Police of The Wire — The Police Of The Wire includes many starring characters who play a major role in the fictional HBO drama series The Wire. This fictionalized version of the Baltimore Police Department has been examined in great detail across several departments… …
22short — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b not long in duration; brief (a short time ago; had a short life). c seeming less than the stated amount (a few short years of happiness). 2 of small… …
23Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters — Edith Jessie Thompson (25 December, 1893 ndash; 9 January, 1923) and Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters (27 June, 1902 ndash; 9 January, 1923) were a British couple who were executed for the murder of Thompson’s husband Percy. Their case became a… …
24Joran van der Sloot — Aruba Police Department photograph of Van der Sloot, 2005 …
25snap — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Snap is used before these nouns: ↑closure Snap is used after these nouns: ↑holiday {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb 1 break suddenly with a sharp noise ADVERB ▪ suddenly ▪ The branch suddenly snapped …
26United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
27United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
28France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
29international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
30John McCain — This article is about the U.S. Senator. For other persons and ships of the same name, see John McCain (disambiguation). John McCain …
