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  • 71Indo-China — • The most easterly of the three great peninsulas of Southern Asia, is bounded on the north by the mountains of Assam, the Plateau of Yun nan, and the mountains of Kwang si; on the east by the province of Kwang si (Canton), the Gulf of Tong king …

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  • 72The Irish (in Countries Other Than Ireland) —     The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     I. IN THE UNITED STATES     Who were the first Irish to land on the American continent and the time of their arrival are …

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  • 73arduous — adjective a) Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle. b) Difficult or exhausting to traverse. Beyond the river, an arduous slope rises …

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  • 74Maya MacGuineas — Maya Carol MacGuineas Born 1968 Washington, D.C., USA Education B.A. Northwestern University, M.P.P. Harvard University[1] Occupation Policy Analyst …

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  • 75work — I n. labor 1) to do work (they never do any work) 2) to begin; quit, stop work (they quit work at one o clock) 3) to take on work 4) to undo smb. s work 5) backbreaking, hard; delicate; demanding; dirty, scut; easy, light; exhausting, tiring;… …

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  • 76strenuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vigorous, energetic, dynamic; arduous, exhausting, straining, laborious. See exertion. Ant., easy, unstrenuous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. arduous, demanding, exhausting, vigorous; see active 2 ,… …

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  • 77grueling — gru·el·ing || gruːəlɪŋ n. draining experience, exhausting experience adj. tiring, exhausting; strenuous; harsh, difficult, punishing …

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  • 78gruelling — gru·el·ling || gruːəlɪŋ n. draining experience, exhausting experience adj. tiring, exhausting; strenuous; harsh, difficult, punishing …

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  • 79wearying — adj. tiring, exhausting; tedious, vexing wea·ry || wɪrɪ / wɪər v. make tired or fatigued; become tired or fatigued; bore; become bored adj. exhausted, fatigued, tired; tiresome, exhausting, tedious …

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  • 80Dharma Bums, The — by Jack Kerouac (1958)    Ann Charters says that the autumn of 1955, which jack kerouac spent in Berkeley, California, was probably “the three happiest months of his life.” This is the time period and the setting for Kerouac’s follow up novel to… …

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