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  • 41Battle of Nancy (1944) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Nancy partof=World War II date=September 5 – 15, 1944 place=coord|48|41|36|N|06|11|04|E|type:city|name=Nancy|display=inline,title Lorraine result=U.S. victory combatant1=flag|United States|1912… …

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  • 42Lodgement — For other uses, see Lodgement (disambiguation). A lodgement is an enclave taken by and defended by force of arms against determined opposition made by increasing the size of a bridgehead, beachhead or airhead[1] into a substantial defended area,… …

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  • 43List of Earth characters in Stargate SG-1 — This is a list of characters from Earth in the science fiction television show Stargate SG 1 .Main characters from Earth* Jack O Neill (played by Kurt Russell in the film and Richard Dean Anderson in the series). A United States Air Force officer …

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  • 44Operation Overlord — Part of World War II Tank landing ships unloading supplies on Omaha Beach, building up …

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  • 45Bangalore bombings — Infobox civilian attack title = 2008 Bangalore serial blasts caption = location = Bangalore, Karnataka, India coordinates = date = 25 July 2008 time = timezone = type = Bombings fatalities = 2 injuries = 20 perps = perp = susperps = susperp =… …

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  • 46Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …

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  • 47France — /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.… …

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  • 48Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …

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  • 49colonialism, Western — ▪ politics Introduction       a political economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world.       The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, following the European… …

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  • 50ECONOMIC 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,… …

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