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  • 61Ries — Astroblème de Ries Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ries (homonymie). Astroblème de Ries Nördlinger Ries Image satellite de l as …

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  • 62great hall — ➡ castles * * * Main space in a medieval manor house, monastery, or college, in which meals were eaten. In large manor houses it also served other purposes: Justice was administered there, entertainment enjoyed, and often at night its stone floor …

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  • 63American Revolution — the war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775 83, by which the colonies won their independence. * * * or United States War of Independence (1775–83) War that won political independence for 13 of Britain s North American colonies,… …

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  • 64litter — litterer, n. /lit euhr/, n. 1. objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish. 2. a condition of disorder or untidiness: We were appalled at the litter of the room. 3. a number of young brought forth by a multiparous animal at one birth: a… …

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  • 65performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 66Sahara — Saharan, Saharian, adj. /seuh har euh, hair euh, hahr euh/, n. 1. a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. ab. 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km). 2. any arid waste. * * * Largest desert in the world, encompassing… …

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  • 67Sargasso Sea — a relatively calm area of water in the N Atlantic, NE of the West Indies. * * * Body of still water in the North Atlantic Ocean. Elliptical in shape and strewn with a brown floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum, it lies between the parallels… …

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  • 68Kalf, Willem — or Willem Kalff born Nov. 3, 1619, Rotterdam, Neth. died July 31, 1693, Amsterdam Dutch painter. He is among the best known Dutch painters of still lifes. His early works depict kitchen interiors, with such elements as gourds and pots strewn on… …

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  • 69Morris, Robert — I born Feb. 9, 1931, Kansas City, Mo., U.S. U.S. artist. His first one man exhibition of paintings was held in San Francisco in 1957. In 1960, while living in New York City, he began producing large, monochromatic geometric sculptures, groups of… …

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  • 70Torne River — Swedish Torneälv Northernmost river of Sweden. Issuing from Torne Lake near the Norwegian border, it flows southeast and south for 354 mi (570 km) to the Gulf of Bothnia. The lower course, strewn with rapids and mostly non navigable, forms a… …

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