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  • 21try for — index pursue (strive to gain), strive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 22try one's best — index attempt, pursue (strive to gain), strive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 23Newman, John Henry — • Lengthy and admiring biography of Newman as a thinker, author, leader, and illustrious convert to Catholicism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Newman, John Henry      …

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  • 24John Henry Newman —     John Henry Newman     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Henry Newman     (1801 1890)     Cardinal Deacon of St. George in Velabro, divine, philosopher, man of letters, leader of the Tractarian Movement, and the most illustrious of English… …

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  • 25People — Peo ple, n. [OE. peple, people, OF. pueple, F. peuple, fr. L. populus. Cf. {Populage}, {Public}, {Pueblo}.] 1. The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation …

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  • 26Japan and the United Nations — Japan regards international cooperation within the United Nations (UN) framework as a basic principle of its foreign policy. When Japan joined the UN in 1956, it did so with great enthusiasm and broad public support, for the international… …

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  • 27The Leopard (novel) — The Leopard is a novel by Jamaican writer, V. S. Reid. It portrays the hardships of the Kenyan people during the time of the Mau Mau Rebellion. Novels similar to The Leopard , like Caroline Elkin’s Imperial Reckoning (2005), as well as Ngũgĩ wa… …

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  • 28Pardus (computer game) — Infobox CVG title = Pardus developer = Bayer Szell OEG publisher = Bayer Szell OEG released = September 14 2004 genre = MMORPG Space simulation Browser game modes = Multiplayer ratings = Unrated platforms = Browser requirements = internet access… …

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  • 29pursue — pursuable, adj. /peuhr sooh /, v., pursued, pursuing. v.t. 1. to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase. 2. to follow close upon; go with; attend: Bad luck pursued him. 3. to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end,… …

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  • 30court — / kōrt/ n [Old French, enclosed space, royal entourage, court of justice, from Latin cohort cohors farmyard, armed force, retinue] 1 a: an official assembly for the administration of justice: a unit of the judicial branch of government the… …

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