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  • 51probation — pro·ba·tion /prō bā shən/ n [Middle French, critical examination and evaluation, from Latin probation probatio, from probare to test, approve, prove] 1 a: subjection to a period of evaluation and possible termination at the commencement of… …

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  • 52on the loose — adjective having escaped, especially from confinement a convict still at large searching for two escaped prisoners dogs loose on the streets criminals on the loose in the neighborhood • Syn: ↑at large, ↑escaped, ↑loose …

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  • 53Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 54Introduction —    When Burma (Myanmar) achieved independence from British colonial rule in 1948, many observers viewed it with its high standards of education and abundant natural resources as one of the Asian countries most likely to achieve economic… …

    Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

  • 55Paraguay — PRY redirects here. For other uses, see PRY (disambiguation). This article is about the country. For other uses, see Paraguay (disambiguation). Republic of Paraguay República del Paraguay (Spanish) Tetã Paraguái …

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  • 56free — adj Free, independent, sovereign, autonomous, autarchic, autarkic are comparable when they mean not subject to the rule or control of another. The same differences in implications and connotations are found in their corresponding nouns freedom,… …

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  • 57spring — I. verb (sprang or sprung; sprung; springing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English springan; akin to Old High German springan to jump and perhaps to Greek sperchesthai to hasten Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a …

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  • 58Mobile Suit Gundam Wing — North American DVD cover of Gundam Wing Volume 1, featuring the protagonist Heero Yuy and his original mobile suit, Wing Gundam 新機動戦記ガンダムW (New Mobile Report Gundam Wing) …

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  • 59History of Paraguay — This is the history of Paraguay. See also the history of South America and the history of present day nations and states. Discovery by Europeans The history of Paraguay began indirectly in 1516 with the failed expedition of Juan Diaz de Solís to… …

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  • 60rescue — vb Rescue, deliver, redeem, ransom, reclaim, save are comparable when they mean to free a person or thing from confinement, danger of death or destruction, or a serious evil. One rescues a person who is in imminent danger (as of death, of capture …

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