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  • 61Nigeria, Upper and Lower —     Upper and Lower Nigeria     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Upper and Lower Nigeria     A colony of British East Africa extending from the Gulf of Guinea to Lake Chad (from 4° 30 to 7°N. lat., and from 5° 30 to 8° 30 E. long.), is bounded on the… …

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  • 62Steamboats of the Upper Fraser River — [ thumb|right|220px|Chilco and crew with Frank Swannell s workers (1910)] Twelve paddlewheel steamboats plied the upper Fraser River in British Columbia from 1863 until 1921. They were used for a variety of purposes: working on railroad… …

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  • 63Queensbury Upper School — Infobox UK school name = Queensbury Upper School size = latitude = 51.87822 longitude = 0.52824 dms = dms motto = motto pl = established = 1972 approx = closed = c approx = type = Comprehensive foundation school religion = president = head label …

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  • 64To get the higher upper hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …

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  • 65To have the higher upper hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …

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  • 66St. Barnabas Church, Upper Marlboro, Maryland — Infobox religious building building name=New Brick Church St. Barnabas Church caption= location=14705 Oak Grove Road Upper Marlboro, Maryland geo=coord|38|52|30.61|N|76|45|30.26|W type:historical display=inline,title religious… …

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  • 67Valleyof Ten Thousand Smokes — Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes A volcanic region of southwest Alaska at the upper end of the Alaska Peninsula. It was formed by the eruption of Mount Katmai in 1912, when ash and rock fragments filled a valley adjacent to the volcano, and hot… …

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  • 68Austrian legislative election, 2008 — Infobox Election election name = Austrian legislative election, 2008 country = Austria type = parliamentary ongoing = no previous election = Austrian legislative election, 2006 previous year = 2006 previous MPs = next election = next year = seats …

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  • 69Uppertendom — Up per*ten dom, n. [Upper ten + dom.] The highest class in society; the upper ten. See {Upper ten}, under {Upper}. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 70Zehntausend — Zu den oberen Zehntausend gehören: zu der begütertsten Gesellschaft, zu den Prominentesten oder zu denen, die sich dafür halten, gezählt werden. Die Redensart geht zurück auf einen Leitartikel des Journalisten Nathaniel Parker Willis (1807 67) im …

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