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  • 81Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …

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  • 82Poland — /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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  • 83Sierra Leone — Sierra Leonean /lee oh nee euhn/. /lee oh nee, lee ohn / an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 4,891,546; 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Cap.: Freetown. * * *… …

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  • 84bottomry — bot·tom·ry / bä təm rē/ n [alteration of earlier bottomary, modification of Dutch bodemerij, from bodem bottom, hull, ship]: a contract under which the owner of a ship pledges the ship as collateral for a loan to finance a journey money lent on… …

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  • 86Canadian federal election, 2011 — 2008 ← members May 2, 2011 (2011 05 02) …

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  • 87pledge — ▪ I. pledge pledge 1 [pledʒ] noun [countable] 1. JOURNALISM a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something: • the President s pledge to make employment his priority 2. LAW …

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  • 88pledge — pledge1 [pledʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(promise)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(something valuable)¦ 4¦(us colleges)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: plege, from Late Latin plebium, from plebere to pledge ] 1.) ¦(PROMISE)¦ …

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  • 89Thirteen Years' War — The Thirteen Years War was also the name of an Austrian Ottoman War: Thirteen Years War in Hungary The Thirteen Years War ( de. Dreizehnjähriger Krieg; pl. Wojna trzynastoletnia), also called the War of the Cities, a series of inter Prussian… …

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  • 90United States presidential election, 1960 — Infobox Election election name = United States presidential election, 1960 country = United States type = presidential ongoing = no previous election = United States presidential election, 1956 previous year = 1956 next election = United States… …

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