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  • 111Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …

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  • 112Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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  • 113suspicion — /seuh spish euhn/, n. 1. act of suspecting. 2. the state of mind or feeling of one who suspects: Suspicion kept him awake all night long. 3. an instance of suspecting something or someone. 4. state of being suspected: under suspicion; above… …

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  • 114economic development — Process whereby simple, low income national economies are transformed into modern industrial economies. Theories of economic development the evolution of poor countries dependent on agriculture or resource extraction into prosperous countries… …

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  • 115Catholic Congresses —     Catholic Congresses     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Catholic Congresses     One of the remarkable and important manifestations of the social and religious life of the present day are gatherings of Catholics in general public conferences. This… …

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  • 116Matteo Ricci —     Matteo Ricci     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Matteo Ricci     Founder of the Catholic missions of China, b. at Macerata in the Papal States, 6 Oct. 1552; d. at Peking, 11 May, 1610.     Ricci made his classical studies in his native town,… …

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  • 117Evil corporation — The logo of Weyland Yutani from Alien, an archetypal fictional evil corporation An evil corporation is a staple of science fiction[1] (but also features in other fiction genres), usually a big multinational company (often a …

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  • 118suspect — sus·pect 1 / səs ˌpekt, sə spekt/ adj [Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub sus up, secretly + specere to look at]: regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion or heightened… …

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  • 119disbelieve — I verb be doubtful, be incredulous, be skeptical, be unconvinced, challenge, consider implausible, consider not to be true, consider unproven, consider untrue, discredit, dispute, distrust, doubt, give no credence to, give no credit to, harbor… …

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  • 120misdoubt — I verb be apprehensive, be doubtful, be irresolute, be nervous, be skeptical, be uncertain, be undetermined, challenge, cherish doubts, disbelieve, distrust, doubt, entertain doubts, entertain suspicions, give no credence to, give no credit to,… …

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