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  • 31The Language Conservancy — is a nonprofit organization that provides language revitalization support to the world s endangered languages, restoring them to health and stability, and safeguarding them for future generations. It supports several ongoing language restoration… …

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  • 32Charles Perry (bishop) — Charles Perry (17 February 1807 – 2 December 1891) was the first Anglican bishop of Melbourne, Australia. Contents 1 Early life 2 Clerical career and to Australia 3 Return to England …

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  • 33PERRY, Charles (1807-1891) — first anglican bishop of Melbourne third son of John Perry, shipbuilder, by his second wife, Mary, daughter of George Green, was born at Hackney, Middlesex, on 17 February 1807. He was educated at Harrow, where he played in the school eleven, and …

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  • 34didactic —    Something which is intended to instruct. Sometimes, to be morally instructive. Didaktikos is a Greek word that means apt at teaching. It comes from didaskein, meaning to teach. Something didactic does just that: teaches or instructs. Didactic… …

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  • 35Germany — /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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  • 36property law — Introduction       principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …

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  • 37Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …

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  • 38cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …

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  • 39Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural&#8230; …

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  • 40Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic&#8230; …

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