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  • 21Frederick Townsend Ward — (1831 ndash;1862) was an American sailor, mercenary and soldier of fortune famous for his military victories for Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion. Early lifeFrederick Townsend Ward was born in Salem, Massachusetts on November 29 1831.… …

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  • 22Gereon — Infobox Saint name=Saint Gereon birth date=unknown death date=d. ca. 304 AD feast day=October 10 venerated in=Cologne, Germany imagesize=150px caption= birth place= death place=Cologne titles=Martyr attributes=Depicted as medieval knight or Roman …

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  • 23The Excalibur Alternative — Infobox Book | name = The Excalibur Alternative title orig = translator = image caption = author = David Weber illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel publisher = Baen Books… …

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  • 24February 2008 in sports — NOTOC Portal:Current events/News BrowserSee also: 2008 in sports, 29 February 2008 (Friday)*Baseball: **A U.S. federal judge in San Francisco orders the unsealing of Barry Bonds grand jury testimony in a December 2003 hearing on steroids in… …

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  • 25chemical weapon — Introduction       any of several chemical compounds, usually toxic agents, that are intended to kill, injure, or incapacitate enemy personnel. In modern warfare, chemical weapons were first used in World War I (1914–18), during which gas warfare …

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  • 26triumph over — Subdue, conquer, vanquish, overcome, subjugate, overpower, beat, master, get the better of, obtain victory, prevail over …

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  • 27Obtained — Obtain Ob*tain , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obtaining}.] [F. obtenir, L. obtinere; ob (see {Ob }) + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hold; to keep; to possess. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His mother, then, is… …

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  • 28Obtaining — Obtain Ob*tain , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obtaining}.] [F. obtenir, L. obtinere; ob (see {Ob }) + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hold; to keep; to possess. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His mother, then, is… …

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  • 29United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 30HISTORICAL 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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