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  • 51western Africa, history of — Introduction       history of the region from the 11th century to the present.       A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …

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  • 52Promotion and relegation — In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season. The best ranked teams in each… …

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  • 53Nicola Roberts — Background information …

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  • 54Characters of Kingdom Hearts — A piece of promotional artwork for Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ that showcases the main characters of the series; Sora appears twice in the center in two different outfit …

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  • 55Jamie Morris — Infobox NFLretired |width= caption= position=RB number=22 birthdate=birth date and age|1965|06|6 city state|Southern Pines|North Carolina deathdate= debutyear=1988 finalyear=1990 draftyear=1988 draftround=4 draftpick=109 college=Michigan… …

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  • 56John McCain presidential campaign, 2008 — John McCain for President 2008 Campaign U.S. presidential election, 2008 Candidate John McCain (President) U.S. Senator 1987–Present …

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  • 572002 San Francisco Bowl — NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader Name=2002 San Francisco Bowl Year=2002 Type=bg Date=December 31, 2002 Stadium=Pacific Bell Park City=San Francisco, California Visitor Name Short=Air Force Visitor Nickname=Falcons Home Name Short=Virginia Tech Home… …

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  • 58Hillary Clinton caucuses and primaries, 2008 — Hillary Clinton has won many primaries, but lost the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama.IowaIn the initial delegate selection event of 2008, she placed third with 29.45 percent of the state delegate selections in the January 3, 2008 Iowa… …

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  • 59literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 60Ottoman Empire — a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Cap.: Constantinople. Also called Turkish Empire. * * * Former empire… …

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