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  • 81Canadian Military Pattern truck — The Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) truck was a class of military truck made in large quantities in Canada during World War II to British Army specifications for use in the armies of the British Commonwealth allies. CMP trucks were also sent to… …

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  • 82Virginia Eliza Clemm — Virginia Eliza Clemm …

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  • 83Transport and General Workers' Union — ▪ British trade union       largest labour union in Great Britain throughout much of the 20th century. It originated in 1889 with the formation of the Dockers Union. In 1922 that union led the merger of 14 unions to form an organization… …

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  • 84Ming Dynasty — Great Ming 大明 ← 1368–1644 …

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  • 85Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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  • 86japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 87Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 88biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 89Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 90literature — /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.… …

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