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  • 81ice hockey — a game played on ice between two teams of six skaters each, the object being to score goals by shooting a puck into the opponents cage using a stick with a wooden blade set at an obtuse angle to the shaft. [1880 85] * * * Game played on an ice… …

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  • 82Churchill, Sir Winston — ▪ prime minister of United Kingdom Introduction in full  Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill   born Nov. 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, Eng. died Jan. 24, 1965, London  British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister… …

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  • 83Ireland — • Ireland lies in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ireland     Ireland     † …

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  • 84climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …

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  • 85Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force — (JMSDF) 海上自衛隊 (Kaijō Jieitai) Rising Sun Flag Founded …

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  • 86United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 87Compound locomotive — For the principles and other applications of the compound steam engine, see compound engine. De Glehn redirects here. For people and places named Glehn, de Glehn or von Glehn, see Glehn. A compound locomotive is a steam locomotive or engine unit… …

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  • 88Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — Full title An Act to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end too big to fail , to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers… …

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  • 89Politics of Hong Kong — Politics and government of Hong Kong …

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  • 90Cyclone — This article is about the meteorological phenomenon. For other uses, see Cyclone (disambiguation). Polar low over the Barents Sea on February 27, 1987 In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same… …

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