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101rushed — Synonyms and related words: a bit previous, advanced, at the double, crowded, double quick, double time, far ahead, forward, half baked, half cocked, hard pressed, hard pushed, hard run, hasty, hurried, ill considered, impulsive, not firm, on the …
102NEW YORK CITY — NEW YORK CITY, foremost city of the Western Hemisphere and largest urban Jewish community in history; pop. 7,771,730 (1970), est. Jewish pop. 1,836,000 (1968); metropolitan area 11,448,480 (1970), metropolitan area Jewish (1968), 2,381,000… …
103Operation Market Garden — Hell s Highway redirects here. For the 1932 film, see Hell s Highway (1932 film). Operation Market Garden Part of the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine …
104First Stadtholderless Period — The First Stadtholderless Period or Era (1650 1672) (Dutch Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk ) is the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which it reached the zenith of its economic, military and political Golden Age. The term has… …
105Cicones — Approximate location of the Kikones The Cicones, Ciconians or Kikonians, (Greek: Κίκονες) were a Homeric Thracian[1] tribe, whose stronghold in the time of Odysseus was the town of Ismara (or Is …
106Czechoslovak history — Introduction history of the region comprising the historical lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia from prehistoric times through their federation, under the name Czechoslovakia, during 1918–92. With the dissolution of the Czechoslovak… …
107in a bad way — adjective facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty distressed companies need loans and technical advice financially hard pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment found themselves …
108rowing — Propulsion of a boat by means of oars. As a sport, it involves one of two kinds of boat: (1) the shell, a narrow, light racing boat propelled by eight rowers pulling single oars under the direction of a coxswain; and (2) the scull, a racing shell …
109People's Party (United States) — This is about the American political party commonly known as the Populists which existed from 1892 to 1908. For other American and worldwide parties using the term populists see Populist Party. For the American party with the same name which was… …
110William Lyon Mackenzie King — Not to be confused with William Lyon Mackenzie, Mackenzie King s grandfather. The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King PC OM CMG PhD (Harv.) MA (Harv.) MA (Tor.) LLB (Tor.) BA (Tor.) …
