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  • 101Zbigniew Brzezinski — 10th United States National Security Advisor In office January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 President Jimmy Carter …

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  • 102David Carradine — Not to be confused with David Cannadine. David Carradine …

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  • 103Tibetan independence movement — The Tibetan independence movement is a movement to establish historical Tibet, comprising the three traditional provinces of Amdo, Kham, and Ü Tsang as an independent state. The movement is largely led by Tibetans in exile with the support of… …

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  • 104List of Bump in the Night episodes — For the television series, see Bump in the Night (TV series). This is an episode guide to the US Claymation television series Bump in the Night. 65 segments were produced, with some segments in season two being repeats of some produced and aired… …

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  • 105Eugenics — is the self direction of human evolution : Logo from the Second International Eugenics Conference, 1921, depicting Eugenics as a tree which unites a variety of different fields.[1] Eugenics is the applied science or the bio social movement which… …

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  • 106Faye Wong — Infobox Chinese language singer and actor name = Faye Wong caption = In concert, Hong Kong, 2003 chinesename = 王菲 pinyinchinesename = Wáng Fēi jyutpingchinesename = Wong4 Fei1 birthname = 夏琳 (Xià Lín) ancestry = origin = Hong Kong birthdate =… …

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  • 107Nikolai Przhevalsky — Przhevalsky redirects here. For the inhabited localities in Russia, see Przhevalsky (inhabited locality). Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky Born April 12, 1839(1839 04 12) Smolensk Died November 1, 1888 …

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  • 108Calendar of 1997 — ▪ 1998 JANUARY JANUARY 1       Ghanaian Kofi Annan replaces Egyptian Boutros Boutros Ghali in the position of United Nations secretary general.       Among those knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the annual New Year s Day ceremony is pop musician …

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  • 109Eat a Bowl of Tea (novel) — Eat a Bowl of Tea published in 1961, was the first Chinese American novel actually set in Chinese America. Its honest portrayal of New York s Chinatown after World War II made Eat a Bowl of Tea a classic in Asian American literature.The story… …

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  • 110Singapore — Singaporean, n., adj. /sing geuh pawr , pohr , sing euh /, n. 1. an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula. 2. an independent republic comprising this island and a few adjacent islets: member of the Commonwealth… …

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