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  • 21HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 22Despair — De*spair , n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.] 1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. [1913 Webster] We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. Keble. [1913 Webster] Before he [Bunyan]… …

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  • 23Hopeless — Hope less, a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster] I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.… …

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  • 24Hopelessly — Hopeless Hope less, a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster] I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless… …

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  • 25Hopelessness — Hopeless Hope less, a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster] I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless… …

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  • 26E. T. A. Hoffmann — Infobox Writer name = Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann pseudonym = E.T.A. Hoffmann birthdate = birth date|1776|1|24|df=y birthplace = Königsberg, East Prussia deathdate = death date and age|1822|6|25|1776|1|24|df=y deathplace = Berlin, Brandenburg …

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  • 27Gall-Peters projection — The Gall Peters projection is one specialization of a configurable equal area map projection known as the equal area cylindric or cylindric equal area projection. The Gall Peters achieved considerable notoriety in the late 20th century as the… …

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  • 28Herbert Hoover — Infobox President | name=Herbert Clark Hoover nationality=American order=31st President of the United States term start=March 4, 1929 term end=March 4, 1933 predecessor=Calvin Coolidge successor=Franklin D. Roosevelt order2=3rd United States… …

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  • 29Hannibal — Infobox Military Person name=Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca lived=247 BC ndash; 183 BC caption=A Roman marble bust of Hannibal originally found at the ancient city state of Capua in Italy. No authenticated image of Hannibal is known, so this… …

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  • 30Muhammad — For other persons named Muhammad, see Muhammad (name). For other uses, see Muhammad (disambiguation). Prophet Muhammad Prophet, Messenger, Apostle, Witness, Bearer of Good Tidings, Warne …

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