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  • 101Charles Stewart Parnell — Member of Parliament for Meath In office 21 April 1875 – 5 April 1880 Preceded by …

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  • 102Nepotism — For the television episode, see Nepotism (The Office). Political corruption Corruption Perception …

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  • 103Olivia Manning — This article is about the British novelist. For the wife of American football quarterback Archie Manning and mother of Cooper, Peyton, and Eli Manning, see their respective articles. Olivia Manning …

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  • 104New Negro — is a term popularized during the Harlem Renaissance implying a more outspoken advocacy of dignity and a refusal to submit quietly to the practices and laws of Jim Crow racial segregation. The term New Negro was made popular by Alain LeRoy Locke.… …

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  • 105IAU definition of planet — This article is about the formal definition established in 2006. For prior usage, see Definition of planet. The definition of planet set in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) states that, in the Solar System, a planet is a… …

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  • 106Bosnia and Herzegovina — a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945 92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. 2,607,734; 19,909 sq. mi. (51,565 sq. km). Cap.: Sarajevo. * * * Bosnia and Herzegovina Introduction Bosnia and Herzegovina Background: Bosnia and Herzegovina s… …

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  • 107Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet …

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  • 108assured — Synonyms and related words: affianced, arrogant, ascertained, aspiring, assurance, assuredness, attested, balanced, believing, betrothed, bound, certain, certified, certitude, clear cut, cocksure, collected, committed, composed, compromised,… …

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  • 109calm — Synonyms and related words: abnegation, abstinence, accordance, allay, alleviate, anticyclone, appease, assuage, at peace, at rest, aweless, balm, balmy, becalm, blank, blankminded, bloodless, calm down, calmness, cease, cloistered, collected,… …

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  • 110positive — Synonyms and related words: Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, absolute, accented, accentuated, accordant, actual, admitting no exception, affirmative, affirmatory, agreeable, agreeing, aidful, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, all out,… …

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