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  • 41Great Lakes Council — Infobox Australian Place | type = lga name = Great Lakes Council state = nsw caption = Location in New South Wales pop = 34,695 [cite web publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics title=Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2004 05 url =… …

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  • 42Great Trek — This article is about the migration in southern Africa. For other uses, see Trek (disambiguation). Trekboers in the Karoo …

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  • 43Great Synagogue of Europe — Infobox religious building building name=Great Synagogue of Europe caption= location=32 Rue de la Regence Flagicon|BEL Brussels, Belgium geo=coord|50|50|20|N|4|21|18|E|display=inline,title|type:landmark region:BE religious affiliation=Judaism… …

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  • 44the great — Great persons, persons of rank, people of distinction …

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  • 45Great Plague of Vienna — The Great Plague of Vienna occurred in 1679 in Vienna, Austria, the imperial residence of the Austrian Habsburg rulers. From contemporary descriptions, the disease is believed to have been bubonic plague, which is caused by the bacterium Yersinia …

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  • 46Great and small — Small Small (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. {Smaller}; superl. {Smallest}.] [OE. small, AS. sm[ae]l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr.… …

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  • 47Great players and their instruments —    Joachim plays upon a Stradiuarius, Vieuxtemps on a Guarnerius, Ole Bull on a Guarnerius and an Amati, De Beriot on a Magini, (of which he had two very splendid examples, the second being now in the possession of the author,) Carrodus a… …

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  • 48Great Clearance — The Great Clearance or Great Evacuation (Chinese: 遷界令; alternatively 遷海令) was ordered in southern China by imperial edicts of the Qing Emperor Kangxi (reigned 1661 1722), then under the regency of Oboi, in 1661 and 1662. It required the… …

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  • 49Great Fire of London — ➡ Fire of London. * * * (September 2–5, 1666) Worst fire in London s history. It destroyed a large part of the city, including most of the civic buildings, St. Paul s Cathedral, 87 parish churches, and about 13,000 houses. It began accidentally… …

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  • 50Great cassino — Cassino Cas*si no, n. [It. casino a small house, a gaming house. See {casino}.] A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty one points. [1913 Webster] {Great cassino}, the ten of diamonds. {Little cassino}, the two of… …

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