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  • 41Vietnam — /vee et nahm , nam , vyet , vee it /, n. 1. Official name, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and… …

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  • 42Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …

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  • 43Churchill, Sir Winston — ▪ prime minister of United Kingdom Introduction in full  Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill   born Nov. 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, Eng. died Jan. 24, 1965, London  British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister… …

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  • 44Importune — Im por*tune ([i^]m p[o^]r*t[=u]n ), a. [F. importun, L. importunus; pref. im not + a derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See {Port} harbor, and cf. {Importunate}.] 1. Inopportune;… …

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  • 45run — I. verb (ran; also chiefly dialect run; run; running) Etymology: Middle English ronnen, alteration of rinnen, verbi. (from Old English iernan, rinnan & Old Norse rinna) & of rennen, verbt., from Old Norse renna; akin to Old High German rinnan,… …

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  • 46Battle of Blenheim — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Blenheim caption= The Duke of Marlborough Signing the Despatch at Blenheim . Oil by Robert Alexander Hillingford. coordinates=coord|48|38|0|N|10|38|0|E|region:BE type:landmark|display=inline,title… …

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  • 47Logical positivism — (also known as logical empiricism, scientific philosophy, and neo positivism) is a philosophy that combines empiricism the idea that observational evidence is indispensable for knowledge with a version of rationalism incorporating mathematical… …

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  • 48Modernism — For other uses of the word, see Modernism (disambiguation). For the period in sociology beginning with the industrialization, see Modernity. Hans Hofmann, The Gate , 1959–1960, collection: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Hofmann was renowned not… …

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  • 49Orgasm — For other uses, see Orgasm (disambiguation). Frenzy of Exultations (1894), by Wł …

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  • 50Robert F. Kennedy — Infobox US Cabinet official name= Robert Francis Kennedy caption=Robert F. Kennedy at the White House, 1964 order = United States Senator from New York title= alongside = Jacob K. Javits term start = January 3, 1965 term end = June 6, 1968… …

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