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  • 31Charon's obol — Charon and Psyche (1883), a pre Raphaelite interpretation of the myth by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope Charon s obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth[1] of a dead person before burial. According to …

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  • 32japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 33Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 34List of Corner Gas episodes — This is a list of Corner Gas episodes. All seasons, 1 to 6, are available on DVD. The Season 1 5 DVD s came out in the fall after the next season had began airing, but Season 6 was released on June 9, 2009, only two months after the series finale …

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  • 35Arguments for and against drug prohibition — Arguments about the prohibition of drugs, and over drug policy reform, are subjects of considerable controversy. The following is a presentation of major drug policy arguments, including those for drug law enforcement on one side of the debate,… …

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  • 36publishing, history of — Introduction       an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the… …

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  • 37Characters of Deadwood — In universe subject = described object = an aspect of the series category = This article contains fictional character biographies from the HBO original series Deadwood .Major characterseth Bullock Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant) left his… …

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  • 38List of characters in Grand Theft Auto III — A number of recurring characters appear in the video game Grand Theft Auto III . Prominent characters are listed here in rough order of appearance. The order in which some of these characters appear in game depends upon the sequence in which the… …

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  • 39AFTERMATH — displaced persons U.S. Army Chaplains postwar trials children of jewish survivors Displaced Persons At the end of the war, Allied armies found seven to nine million displaced persons living in countries not their own. More than six million people …

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  • 40Mani pulite — (Italian for clean hands) was a nationwide Italian judicial investigation into political corruption held in the 1990s. Mani pulite led to the demise of the so called First Republic, resulting in the disappearance of many parties. Some politicians …

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