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  • 51Invasion of Normandy — This article is about the first few weeks of the invasion of Normandy. The first day of the landings (D Day) is covered in more detail at Normandy landings. For earlier invasions of Normandy in other wars, see Invasions of Normandy. Invasion of… …

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  • 5243rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry — 43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry Flag of Virginia Active June 10, 1863 to April 21, 1865 Country …

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  • 53aardvark — /ahrd vahrk /, n. a large, nocturnal, burrowing mammal, Orycteropus afer, of central and southern Africa, feeding on ants and termites and having a long, extensile tongue, strong claws, and long ears. [1825 35; < Afrik erdvark < D aardvarken,&#8230; …

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  • 54aggrieve — verb /ʌˈɡɹiv/ To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in ones rights; to bear heavily upon; mdash;now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved …

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  • 55weigh — I verb balance, bear heavily, burden, cogitate, consider, considerare, contemplate, cumber, deliberate, determine the heaviness of, encumber, estimate, evaluate, examine, find the weight of, gauge, load down, measure according to weight, meditate …

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  • 56press — I [[t]prɛs[/t]] v. t. 1) to act upon with steadily applied weight or force 2) to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position 3) to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or size 4) to subject to pressure 5) to&#8230; …

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  • 57press — press1 [pres] vt. [ME pressen &LT; MFr presser &LT; L pressare, freq. of premere, to press &LT; IE base * per , to strike &GT; OSlav p rati, to strike] 1. to act on with steady force or weight; push steadily against; squeeze 2. to depress or&#8230; …

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  • 58Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other&#8230; …

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  • 59United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with&#8230; …

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  • 60Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.&#8230; …

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