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  • 31sur- — ♦ Élément, du lat. super (d ab. sour , sor , puis sur , par attract. de sus), employé au sens spatial ou temporel de « au dessus » (surmonter, surlendemain) ou pour marquer l excès (surabonder, surchauffer; surenchère, surproduction; suraigu,… …

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  • 32Charles Manson — The Manson Family redirects here. For the 2003 film, see The Manson Family (film). Charles Milles Manson …

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  • 33Thomas Stukley — (surname also spelled as Stucley,Stukely, Stukeley) (c. 1520 – 4 August 1578) was an English mercenary who served in combat in France, Ireland, and at the Battle of Lepanto, before his death at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir. A Roman Catholic… …

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  • 34Australian cricket team in England in 1948 — The Australian cricket team in England in 1948 was captained by Don Bradman, who was making his fourth and final tour of England. The team is famous for being the first Test match side to play an entire tour without losing a match. This feat… …

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  • 35Economic history of Spain — History of Spain caption=Spanish DoubloonThe Economic history of Spain covers the development of the Spanish economy over the course of its history. Ancient Era The prehistoric Iberians and Celts were some of the earliest groups in what is now… …

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  • 36EET nº479 Dr. Manuel Pizarro — technical school imagen = caption = location = Santa Fe, Argentina coordinates = coord|32|22|10|S|61|18|25|W| regent = Luisa Ferreyra deputy director = Marisa Micheletti students = 985 (2008) gym = Urban construction = 1931 open = April 18, 1932… …

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  • 37Marine byzantine — L enseigne impériale (basilikon phlamoulon) des navires byzantins au XIVe siècle, décrite par Georges Kodinos et reproduite dans l’atlas castillan Conoscimento de todos los reinos (ca. 1350)[ …

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  • 38fortification — /fawr teuh fi kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of fortifying or strengthening. 2. something that fortifies or protects. 3. the art or science of constructing defensive military works. 4. Often, fortifications. military works constructed for the purpose …

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  • 39Mizuno Tadakuni — born July 19, 1794, Edo [Tokyo], Japan died March 12, 1851, Edo Chief adviser to the 12th Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi (r. 1837–53). In the face of social and economic decline, Mizuno tried to implement a series of reforms that would return… …

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  • 40Malenkov, Georgy Maksimilianovich — ▪ prime minister of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics born Jan. 13 [Jan. 8, Old Style], 1902, Orenburg, Russia died Jan. 14, 1988, near Moscow       prominent Soviet statesman and Communist Party official, a close collaborator of Joseph Stalin …

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