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  • 101asperity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English asprete, from Anglo French aspreté, from aspre rough, from Latin asper, from Old Latin *absperos, from ab ab + speros; akin to Sanskrit apasphura repelling, Latin spernere to spurn more at spurn Date:… …

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  • 102decline — I. verb (declined; declining) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French decliner, from Latin declinare to turn aside, inflect, from de + clinare to incline more at lean Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. archaic to turn from a straight… …

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  • 103Kingston upon Hull — City of Kingston upon Hull   City and Unitary Authority area   The Queen s Gardens, Maritime Museum, and City Hall (rear) in Kingston upon Hull …

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  • 104Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 53.651157 longitude= 0.114000 official name= Easington population= 698 (2001 census) civil parish= Easington unitary england = East Riding of Yorkshire region= Yorkshire and the Humber lieutenancy… …

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  • 105List of Emily Dickinson poems — This is a list of Emily Dickinson poems. There are 1,775 known poems that have been written by Dickinson. The poems are alphabetized by their first line. Punctuation, capitalization and even in some cases wording of the first lines may vary… …

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  • 106British Birds Rarities Committee — |The British Birds grouse logo|thumb|250px |rightThe British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC), established in 1959, is the recognised national bird rarities committee for Britain. It assesses claimed sightings of rare birds ( BB rarities ), based… …

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  • 107World Youth Day 2008 — Infobox World Youth Day title = XXIII World Youth Day 2008 imagefile = Wyd08logo.png location = Sydney, Australia date = 15–20 July 2008 theme = You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses (Acts 1:8)… …

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  • 108List of Acts of Parliament of the Great Britain Parliament, 1760-1779 — This is an incomplete list of Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the years 1760 1779. For acts passed prior to 1707 see List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament and List of Acts of Parliament of the Scottish Parliament.For… …

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  • 109Owen Bieber — Owen F. Bieber Born December 28, 1929 (1929 12 28) (age 81) North Door, Michigan, U.S. Nationality American Occupation Labor leader Known&#16 …

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  • 110Topographical areas of Yorkshire — Main article: Yorkshire See also: Geology of Yorkshire A simplified geology of Yorkshire. In Yorkshire there is a very close relationship between the major topographical areas and the geological period in which they were formed. The Pennine chain …

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