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71Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …
72Eliza Frances Andrews: The Journal of a Georgia Girl — ▪ Primary Source Eliza Andrews saw the work of Sherman s army about fifty miles east of Dolly Lunt Burge at the end of November. The extracts published here recount her views of the Burnt Country, a swath of territory that had been… …
73brief — 1 n [Old French bref brief letter, writ indicating legal proceedings, from Late Latin brevis breve short document, summary, from Latin brevis, adjective, short] 1: a concise statement of a client s case written for the instruction of an attorney… …
74Marv (Sin City) — This article is about the fictional character. For other uses, see Marv (disambiguation). Marv Sin City character First appearance The Hard Goodbye …
75Metamorfosi, Laconia — Panoramic view of the village by the foot of the mountain Koulochera. The village of Metamorfosi (Greek: Μεταμόρφωση) is just 5 km from the center of Molaoi city, and about 78 km southeast of Sparta. The village is built at the foot of… …
76short — 1 adj 1: treated or disposed of quickly in court the calendar for short causes 2 a: not having goods or property that one has sold in anticipation of a fall in prices a seller who was short at the time of the sale b: consisting of or relating to… …
77abridged — I adjective abbreviated, brief, capsulized, compact, compressed, condensed, contracted, curtailed, decreased, diminished, elliptic, epitomized, foreshortened, laconic, lessened, minimal, reduced, shortened, shrunk, summarized, synopsized,… …
78concise — I adjective abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, brief, capsule, capsulized, compact, compacted, compendious, compressed, condensed, contracted, curtailed, curtate, epigrammatic, epitomized, laconic, pithy, short, shortened, succinct, summarized,… …
79pithy — I adjective brief, compact, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, epigrammatic, full of meaning, gnomic, incisive, juicy, laconic, meaningful, meaty, medullosus, packed, pointed, sententious, substantial, succinct, summary, terse,… …
80quiet — qui·et 1 adj: free from disturbance, interference, or dispute (as from an adverse claim) quiet enjoyment of property quiet 2 vt: to establish or make (title) secure by means of an action that produces a final determination of the respective… …
