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  • 41Nuclear program of Iran — See also: Iran and weapons of mass destruction Nuclear program of Iran …

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  • 42United 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… …

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  • 43Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet …

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  • 44Sisyphism — is a term used by Frédéric Bastiat to ridicule those that think that greater productivity causes poverty by increasing unemployment. In his work What is Free Trade? , Bastiat stated: We have seen that between our wants and their gratification… …

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  • 45Useless — Use less, a. Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity. [1913 Webster] Not to sit idle with so… …

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  • 46Uselessly — Useless Use less, a. Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity. [1913 Webster] Not to sit idle… …

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  • 47Uselessness — Useless Use less, a. Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity. [1913 Webster] Not to sit idle… …

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  • 48Mthwakazi — This word Mthwakazi is derived from the name of Queen Mu Thwa, the first ruler of the Mthwakazi territory who ruled around 7,000 years ago. She was the matriarch of the Aba Thwa, the San people who were derogatively called the Bushmen by… …

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  • 49Tanks in World War I — The development of Tanks in World War I began as a solution to the stalemate which trench warfare had brought to the western front. The first prototype of the Mark I tank was tested for the British Army on 8 September 1915. Although initially… …

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  • 50Military history of the Netherlands — History of the Netherlands This article is part of a series Early History …

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