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  • 121Earth and Space Sciences — ▪ 1996 Introduction GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY       In 1995 significant developments took place in the realm of geologic mapping, which provides the foundation for the presentation and comparison of data in the Earth sciences. The most important… …

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  • 122Lenin, Vladimir Ilich — ▪ prime minister of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Introduction original name  Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov  born April 10 [April 22, New Style], 1870, Simbirsk, Russia died Jan. 21, 1924, Gorki [later Gorki Leninskiye], near Moscow  founder of… …

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  • 123Inquisition — • By this term is usually meant a special ecclesiastical institutional for combating or suppressing heresy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inquisition     Inquisition      …

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  • 124List of Robin Hood (2006 TV series) characters — Robin Hood is a British television drama series, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, which debuted in October 2006. The programme uses the majority of the familiar characters from the traditional Robin Hood legends, notably… …

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  • 125List of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War characters — This is a list of characters in Relic s Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series of video games. Contents 1 Space Marines 1.1 Chapter Master Gabriel Angelos 1.2 Librarian Isador Akios 1.3 …

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  • 126fade — [fād] vi. faded, fading [ME faden < OFr fader < fade, pale < VL * fatidus, prob. < L fatuus (see FATUOUS); infl. by vapidus, VAPID] 1. to become less distinct; lose color, brilliance, etc. 2. to lose freshness or strength; wither;… …

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  • 127fade — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. lose or cause to lose colour. 2 intr. lose freshness or strength; (of flowers etc.) droop, wither. 3 intr. a (of colour, light, etc.) disappear gradually; grow pale or dim. b (of sound) grow faint. 4 intr. (of a feeling… …

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  • 128Wilt — Wilt, v. t. 1. To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. [Prov. Eng. U. S.] [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] [1913 Webster] Despots have… …

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