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  • 121impulsion — /im pul sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing. 2. the resulting state or effect; impulse; impetus. 3. the inciting influence of some feeling or motive; mental impulse. 4. a constraining or inciting action exerted on the… …

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  • 122literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 123Senegal — /sen i gawl , gahl /, n. 1. a republic in W Africa: independent member of the French Community; formerly part of French West Africa. 9,403,546; 76,084 sq. mi. (197,057 sq. km). Cap.: Dakar. 2. a river in W Africa, flowing NW from E Mali to the… …

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  • 124Goldman, Emma — born June 27, 1869, Kovno, Lith., Russian Empire died May 14, 1940, Toronto, Ont., Can. International anarchist. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1885, settling in Rochester, N.Y. Moving to New York City in 1889, she formed a close association with… …

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  • 125Erdogan, Recep Tayyip — ▪ 2004       The man who formed the new Turkish government in March 2003 had to overcome a serious drawback. The parliamentary elections in November 2002 had been won by the party of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a leader who was legally barred from… …

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  • 126Nasrallah, Hassan — ▪ 2007  As a result of the war between Israel and Lebanon s Hezbollah resistance movement in July and August 2006, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of Hezbollah, emerged as a revered leader in much of the Arab world. Despite the deaths… …

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  • 127Sarkozy, Nicolas — ▪ 2007       In 2006 Nicolas Sarkozy, France s interior minister and head of the country s ruling centre right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, established himself as a leading contender for the French presidency. Despite his complicated …

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  • 128'Asma' bint Marwan — ʻAṣmāʼ bint Marwān (Arabic: عصماء بنت مروان‎ Asmā the daughter of Marwān ) was a female member of the Ummayad clan who lived in Medina in 7th century Arabia. The story of her death by command of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, after she bitterly… …

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