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  • 41poor — adj 1 Poor, indigent, needy, destitute, penniless, impecunious, poverty stricken, necessitous are comparable when they mean having less money or fewer possessions than are required to support a full life. Poor describes a person, a people, or an… …

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  • 42indigent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. poor, poverty stricken (see poverty).Ant., wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. needy, impoverished, poverty stricken; see poor 1 . See Synonym Study at poor . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 43Mehdi Sahraian — (Persian: Sahraeian,[clarification needed] Persian: صحرائیان) (born July 1946 in Shiraz) is an Iranian university professor from Jahrom. Sahraian’s paternal line had been raised to the ranks of the Persian nobility of the 19th century. The great… …

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  • 44Digital divide — Graph of internet users per 100 inhabitants between 1997 and 2007 by International Telecommunication Union …

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  • 45China Youth Development Foundation — The China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) is a national non profit and non governmental organization founded in March 1989 in Beijing. The CYDF works to develop Chinese youth through education, science and technology, culture, physical… …

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  • 46Family preservation — was the movement to help keep children at home with their families rather than in foster homes or institutions. This movement was a reaction to the earlier policy of Family Breakup, which pulled children out of unfit homes. Extreme poverty alone… …

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  • 47destitute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wanting, lacking; stripped, bereft, penniless, poverty stricken, down and out (sl.). See insufficiency, poverty.Ant., affluent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. impoverished, poverty stricken, penniless; …

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  • 48penniless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indigent, needy, bankrupt, impecunious, poor, broke (sl.). See poverty. Ant., rich, wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. poverty stricken, lacking means, indigent, broke*; see poor 1 . III (Roget s… …

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  • 49JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

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