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  • 11Thermodynamics — Annotated color version of the original 1824 Carnot heat engine showing the hot body (boiler), working body (system, steam), and cold body (water), the letters labeled according to the stopping points in Carnot cycle …

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  • 12cañada — /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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  • 13Canada — /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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  • 14Syria — /sear ee euh/, n. 1. Official name, Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 16,137,899; 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Cap.: Damascus. 2. a territory mandated to France in 1922, including the present&#8230; …

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  • 15Roy Welensky — Infobox President name = Sir Roy Welensky nationality = Rhodesian imagesize = 206px order = 2nd Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland term start = November 2, 1956 term end = December 31, 1963 deputy = predecessor = Godfrey&#8230; …

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  • 16Nigeria — Nigerian, adj., n. /nuy jear ee euh/, n. a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 107,129,469; 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Cap.: Abuja. Official name, Federal Republic of&#8230; …

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  • 17Tenebrae —     Tenebræ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Tenebræ     Tenebræ is the name given to the service of Matins and Lauds belonging to the last three days of Holy Week. This service, as the Cæremoniale episcoporum expressly directs, is to be anticipated …

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  • 18Donner Pass — in the 1870s facing East Elevation 7,056 ft (2,151 m) …

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  • 19Water privatization in Colombia — Private sector participation in Colombia s water and sanitation sector has been much more stable than in some other Latin American countries. [ For example, private water concessions in Buenos Aires, Argentina, many other cities in Argentina, as&#8230; …

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  • 20Disarmament — is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country s military or specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear arms …

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