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  • 121London — This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. For other uses, see London (disambiguation). London From upper left: City of London, Tower Bridge and London Eye, Palace of Westminster …

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  • 122Library District (Kansas City, MO) — The Kansas City Library District is an officially designated area roughly bounded by 9th and 11th Streets on the north and south and Main Street and Broadway on the east and west in Downtown Kansas City, MO. The District contains four buildings… …

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  • 123Passionists — • Full title: The Congregation of Discalced Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Passionists     Passionists …

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  • 124Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records — The Hall of Space Technology in the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia. The exhibition includes the models and replicas of the following Russian inventions: the first satellite, Sputnik 1 (a ball under the… …

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  • 125Sangrur district — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name = Sangrur | type = district| latd = 30.23 | longd = 75.83 locator position = right | state name = Punjab district = Sangrur district leader title = leader name = altitude = 232 population as of = 2001… …

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  • 126Pramatha Chaudhuri — Infobox Writer name = Pramatha Chaudhuri caption = Pramatha Chaudhuri birthdate = birth date|1868|8|8|df=y birthplace = Jessore, British India deathdate = death date and age|1946|9|2|1868|8|8|df=y deathplace = Calcutta, British India occupation …

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  • 127Tin-glazed pottery — is pottery covered in glaze containing tin oxide which is white, shiny and opaque. (See tin glazing.) The pottery body is usually made of red or buff colored earthenware and the white glaze was often used to imitate Chinese porcelain. Tin glazed… …

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  • 128Low Countries, history of — Introduction       history of the Low Countries from prehistoric times to 1579.       For historical purposes, the name Low Countries is generally understood to include the territory of what is today The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as… …

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