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  • 101Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 102useless — uselessly, adv. uselessness, n. /yoohs lis/, adj. 1. of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him. 2. without useful qualities; of no practical good: a useless person; a useless gadget …

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  • 103Schools — • History and development of education as related to the church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Schools     Schools     † …

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  • 104ARABE - Littérature arabe — La littérature arabe a vécu jusqu’au XIXe siècle sur ses propres concepts, en définissant ses propres catégories. C’est dire qu’en ce domaine toute manipulation imprudente conduit à l’incompréhension, tout rapprochement hasardeux altère la… …

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  • 105insignifiant — insignifiant, iante [ ɛ̃siɲifjɑ̃, jɑ̃t ] adj. • 1767; de 1. in et signifiant 1 ♦ Qui ne présente aucun intérêt. ⇒ quelconque. Personne insignifiante, qui passe inaperçue, qui a peu de personnalité. ⇒ effacé, 2. falot, inconsistant, 1. terne. «… …

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  • 106futil — FUTÍL, Ă, futili, e, adj. (livr.) Lipsit de valoare, de importanţă, de interes; inutil, lipsit de seriozitate, neserios, frivol. – Din fr., it. futile, lat. futilis. Trimis de aralia, 28.04.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  FUTÍL adj. v. fluşturatic,… …

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  • 107unavailing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. useless, vain, futile; ineffectual, bootless. See uselessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pointless, without results, fruitless; see futile 1 , useless 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. futile …

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  • 108Monty Python's Flying Circus — This article is about the television series. For the group, the conception of the show and other Python media, see Monty Python. Monty Python’s Flying Circus DVD cover – Monty Python members (left to right): Back: Terry Gilliam, John Cleese,… …

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  • 109Jára Cimrman — Jára Cimrman, an alleged auto bust showing the bearers haggard features . Theatrical property of Divadlo Járy Cimrmana. Jára Cimrman or Jára da Cimrman (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaːra da ˈtsɪmr̩man]) is a Czech fictional character created by… …

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  • 110Spiro Nikolouzos — (1936 May 30, 2005) was a Texas man incapacitated from bleeding related to a cerebral shunt, whose care was the subject of an appeal of The Texas Futile Care Law). Nikolouzos was hospitalized on February 10 2005 at St. Luke s Episcopal Hospital,… …

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