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  • 41de|ca´dent|ly — de|ca|dent «dih KAY duhnt, DEHK uh», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. falling off; growing worse; declining; decaying: »a decadent nation. 2. of or like the French decadents. –n. 1. a decadent person: »He who sees it only from a gondola gets little more …

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  • 42de|ca|dent — «dih KAY duhnt, DEHK uh», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. falling off; growing worse; declining; decaying: »a decadent nation. 2. of or like the French decadents. –n. 1. a decadent person: »He who sees it only from a gondola gets little more than a… …

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  • 43in|gra|ves|cent — «IHN gruh VEHS uhnt», adjective. Medicine. increasing in severity; growing worse. ╂[< Latin ingravēscēns, entis, present participle of ingravēscere grow heavy < in (intensive) + gravis heavy, grave2] …

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  • 44Economic 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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  • 45Germany — /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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  • 46United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 47ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …

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  • 48United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 49Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …

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  • 50ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …

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