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  • 31savage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wild, untamed, uncivilized, uncultivated; barbarous, ferocious, fierce, feral, cruel, rude; angry, enraged. See violence, malevolence, evildoer. Ant., civilized, gentle. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 32Menagerie — For other uses, see The Menagerie (disambiguation). The Versailles menagerie during the reign of Louis XIV. A menagerie is/was a form of keeping common and exotic animals in captivity that preceded the modern zoological garden. The term was first …

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  • 33Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 34Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation       January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …

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  • 35dance — dancingly, adv. /dans, dahns/, v., danced, dancing, n. v.i. 1. to move one s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music. 2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or… …

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  • 36United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 37Sharabha — Shiva as Sharabha subduing Narasimha (Lord Vishnu), panel view from Munneswaram temple in Sri Lanka. Devanagari शरभ Sanskrit Transliteration …

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  • 38Historical and cultural perspectives on zoophilia — This article covers the historical and cultural aspects of zoophilia and zoosexuality (also known as bestiality), from prehistory onwards. TOC OverviewPrior to and outside the influence of the major Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity,… …

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  • 39Honey Badger — Taxobox name = Honey Badger fossil range = early Pleistocene Recent status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 200px image caption = Honey Badger (Ratel) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia …

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  • 40Ahimsa in Jainism — IAST|Ahiṃsā (Sanskrit : अहिंसा, Prakrit : अहिंसा) means “non violence”, “non injury” or absence of desire to harm any life forms. Ahiṃsā is the fundamental principle of Jainism forming cornerstone of its ethics and doctrine. Vegetarianism and… …

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