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  • 21Great Train Robbery (1963) — The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a £2.6 million train robbery committed on 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.[1] The bulk of the stolen money was not recovered. It was probably… …

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  • 22Quantity theory of money — In economics, the quantity theory of money is a theory emphasizing the positive relationship of overall prices or the nominal value of expenditures to the quantity of money. Origins and development of the quantity theory The quantity theory… …

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  • 23Great Energy Power — A Great energy power is a state is one that possesses large (or incredible) amounts of energy reserves or potential reserves in areas like oil, natural gas, coal, uranium, and perhaps even renewable energy. However, for a state to qualify for… …

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  • 24amount — a|mount1 W1S1 [əˈmaunt] n [U and C] 1.) a quantity of something such as time, money, or a substance amount of ▪ They spend equal amounts of time in California and New York. a considerable/large/enormous etc amount ▪ a considerable amount of money …

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  • 25amount — 1 noun (C, U) 1 a quantity of something such as time, money, or a substance (+ of): a considerable amount of money | a small/large etc amount: It s best to cook vegetables in a small amount of water. 2 the level or degree to which a feeling,… …

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  • 26quantity — noun 1) the quantity of food collected Syn: amount, total, aggregate, sum, quota, mass, weight, volume, bulk; quantum, proportion, portion, part 2) a quantity of ammunition Syn …

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  • 27amount — a•mount [[t]əˈmaʊnt[/t]] n. 1) the sum total of two or more quantities or sums 2) quantity; measure: a great amount of resistance[/ex] 3) the full effect, value, or significance 4) to total; add (usu. fol. by to): The bill amounts to $300[/ex] 5) …

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  • 28Great Lakes — a series of five lakes between the U.S. and Canada, comprising Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior; connected with the Atlantic by the St. Lawrence River. * * * I Chain of lakes, central North America. Comprising Lakes Superior,… …

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  • 29quantity — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, a mass of, a world of, abundance, accent, accentuation, accommodation, account, acres, affluence, aggregate, amount, amphibrach, amphimacer, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, anacrusis, anapest,… …

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  • 30great — adj. & n. adj. 1 a of a size, amount, extent, or intensity considerably above the normal or average; big (made a great hole; take great care; lived to a great age). b also with implied surprise, admiration, contempt, etc., esp. in exclamations… …

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