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  • 111Dominican Republic — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 8,228,151; 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Cap.: Santo Domingo. Formerly, Santo Domingo, San Domingo. * * * Dominican Republic Introduction Dominican Republic… …

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  • 112Tien Shan — /tyen shahn / a mountain range in central Asia, in China and Kirghizia. Highest peak, Pobeda Peak, 24,406 ft. (7439 m). Also, Tian Shan. * * * Chinese Tian Shan or T ien Shan ( Celestial Mountains ) Mountain chain, Central Asia. Lying mainly in… …

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  • 113tornado — tornadic /tawr nad ik, nay dik/, adj. tornadolike, adj. /tawr nay doh/, n., pl. tornadoes, tornados. 1. a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, esp. in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel shaped cloud… …

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  • 114Venezuela — Venezuelan, adj., n. /ven euh zway leuh, zwee /; Sp. /be ne swe lah/, n. a republic in N South America. 22,396,407; 352,143 sq. mi. (912,050 sq. km). Cap.: Caracas. * * * Venezuela Introduction Venezuela Background: Venezuela was one of the three …

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  • 115Cross-Reference List of Geographic Items — This list indicates where various geographic items including the location of all United States Foreign Service Posts, alternate names of countries, former names, and political or geographical portions of larger entities can be found in The World… …

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  • 116Cross-Reference List of Geographic Items — This list indicates where various geographic items including the location of all United States Foreign Service Posts, alternate names of countries, former names, and political or geographical portions of larger entities can be found in The World… …

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  • 117Saint Kitts And Nevis — Introduction Saint Kitts and Nevis Background: First settled by the British in 1623, the islands became an associated state with full internal autonomy in 1967. The island of Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. Saint Kitts and… …

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  • 118pinch — Synonyms and related words: abstract, ace, acute pain, afflict, agonize, ail, alternate, alternative, and, annex, apprehend, apprehension, approach, appropriate, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, atom, backup, bag, bare cupboard, bare subsistence …

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  • 119ply — Synonyms and related words: about ship, apply pressure, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, beat to windward, beset, besiege, blandish, boat, box off, break, bring about, bring round, bug, buttonhole, cajole,… …

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  • 120Set — (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next is likely …

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