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  • 121quaternary — /kwot euhr ner ee, kweuh terr neuh ree/, adj., n., pl. quaternaries. adj. 1. consisting of four. 2. arranged in fours. 3. (cap.) Geol. noting or pertaining to the present period of earth history, forming the latter part of the Cenozoic Era,… …

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  • 122South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …

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  • 123Washington, George — born Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland county, Va. died Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, Va., U.S. American Revolutionary commander in chief (1775–83) and first president of the U.S. (1789–97). Born into a wealthy family, he was educated privately. In 1752 …

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  • 124Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard — (born 8 July 1868 in Missouri; died 7 September 1942 in Seattle, Washington)[1][2][3][4] was an American journalist, newspaper editor, founder of the China Weekly Review, author of seven influential books on the Far East[5] and first American… …

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  • 125Geology of Somerset — Somerset is a rural county in the southwest of England, covering convert|4171|km2|sqmi|0. It is bounded on the north west by the Bristol Channel, on the north by Bristol and Gloucestershire, on the north east by Wiltshire, on the south east by… …

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  • 126List of musical films by year — The following is a list of musical films, listed in chronological order. (See also List of notable musical theatre productions, List of operettas, List of Bollywood films, List of top Bollywood films, List of rock musicals.) 1920s 1927* The Jazz… …

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  • 127NASA Spinoff — Infobox Magazine image size = 160px image caption = Spinoff s 2007 cover title = Spinoff category = Science frequency = Annual publisher = National Aeronautics and Space Administration firstdate = 1976 country = USA language = English website =… …

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  • 128Regolith — (Greek: blanket rock ) is a layer of loose, heterogeneous material covering solid rock. It includes dust, soil, broken rock, and other related materials and is present on Earth, the Moon, some asteroids, and other planets. The term was first… …

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