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  • 41Highland Games — ➡ Highland Gathering * * * Athletic games originating in the Scottish Highlands and now held there and in various parts of the world, usually under the auspices of a local Caledonian society. Events include flat and hurdle races, long and high… …

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  • 42Craps — Example of playing dice used in craps Craps is a dice game in which players place wagers on the outcome of the roll, or a series of rolls, of a pair of dice. Players may wager money against each other (street craps, also known as shooting dice or …

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  • 43Wok — Stir frying (爆 bào) with a wok A wok (in Cantonese; simplified Chinese: 镬; traditional Chinese: 鑊; Jyutping: wok6) is a versatile round bottomed cooking vessel originating in China. It is used especially in …

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  • 44Convergence of random variables — In probability theory, there exist several different notions of convergence of random variables. The convergence of sequences of random variables to some limit random variable is an important concept in probability theory, and its applications to …

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  • 45Sautéing — is a method of cooking food that uses a small amount of fat in a shallow pan over relatively high heat. Unlike pan searing, sautés are often finished with a sauce made from the pan s residual fond. Sauter means to jump in French mdash; The method …

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  • 46Toss Across — is a game first introduced in 1969 by the now defunct Ideal Toy Company. [Toss Across, [http://everything2.com/e2node/Toss%2520Across Everything2] , Retrieved on March 31, 2008] The game was designed by Marvin Glass and Associates and is now… …

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  • 47Chess960 starting position — Chess960 is a chess variant in which the arrangement of pieces on the first rank is randomly generated. There are 960 possible starting positions, hence the name. The starting position can be generated before the game either by a computer program …

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  • 48Shagai — Possible shagai positions: Camel, Horse, Goat, Sheep Shagai (Mongolian: шагай, pronounced [ʃɑʁɑi]), chükö (Kyrgyz: чүкө [tʃykœ]), asyk/ashyk/oshuq (Kazakh …

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  • 49Highland games competitors — Highland Games Competitors:The Scottish Highland Games, held mainly in Scotland, the United States, New Zealand, Iceland and Canada, are a place of social, cultural, and athletic gathering. These athletes work hard in these competitions, and the… …

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  • 50basketball — /bas kit bawl , bah skit /, n. 1. a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at each end, points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent s basket. 2. the round,… …

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