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  • 101jump — [[t]dʒʌmp[/t]] v. i. 1) to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap 2) to move suddenly or quickly: to jump out of bed[/ex] 3) to move or jerk involuntarily, as from shock: I jumped when the firecracker… …

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  • 102Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction        Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …

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  • 103jump — [jump] vi. [< ?] 1. to move oneself suddenly from the ground, etc. by using the leg muscles; leap; spring 2. to be moved with a jerk; bob; bounce 3. to parachute from an aircraft 4. to move, act, or react energetically or eagerly: often with… …

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  • 104take — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. catch, capture (see acquisition); plagiarize, pirate (see stealing); take by storm; snap or pick up; do; work, be effective; snap a picture. n. taking; informal, receipts, haul, gate (sl.), swag (sl.) …

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  • 105Business Plot — The Business Plot (also the Plot Against FDR and the White House Putsch) was an alleged political conspiracy in 1933. Retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler claimed that wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans… …

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  • 106Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… …

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  • 107Dates of 2008 — ▪ 2009 January As we meet tonight, our economy is undergoing a period of uncertainty.… At kitchen tables across our country, there is a concern about our economic future. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, in his final state of the union address, January …

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  • 108United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 109Isoroku Yamamoto — Infobox Military Person name=Isoroku Yamamoto lived=4 April 1884–death date and age|1943|04|18|1884|04|04 placeofbirth=Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan placeofdeath=Solomon Islands caption=Fleet Admiral (Admiral of the Fleet) Isoroku Yamamoto nickname=… …

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  • 110Prayer to Saint Michael — The Prayer to Saint Michael is a Catholic prayer addressed to Michael the archangel. It is used most prevalently among Catholics.Pope Leo XIII added it in 1888 to the Leonine Prayers, which two years earlier he had directed to be said after Low… …

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