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  • 21international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 22waste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Gradual loss or decay Nouns 1. waste, wastage; dissipation; dispersion; ebb; leakage, loss; wear and tear; extravagance, wastefulness, prodigality, conspicuous consumption; waste of time; jeunesse dorée; …

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  • 23consume — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. destroy, demolish, annihilate; burn, decompose, corrode; devour, swallow, eat, drink; exhaust, drain, use up, expend. See destruction, use, waste. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To eat or drink] Syn. eat… …

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  • 24squander — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. waste, lavish, dissipate. Ant., save. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. spend, spend lavishly, throw away, fritter away; see waste 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [SKWAN dur] to waste …

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  • 25dissipate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scatter, dispel, diffuse; waste, squander. See use, dispersion, impurity. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dispel] Syn. scatter, disperse, diffuse, disseminate; see scatter 2 . 2. [To squander] Syn. use… …

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  • 26Fabulous Five — The Fabulous Five was a book series written by author Betsy Haynes in the late 1980s. The series, written mainly for preteen girls, was a spin off of Haynes other series about Taffy Sinclair. It centered around five best friends; Jana Morgan,… …

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  • 27overspend — /oh veuhr spend /, v., overspent, overspending. v.i. 1. to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly. v.t. 2. to spend in excess of: He was overspending his yearly salary by several thousand… …

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  • 28Tommy Thompson presidential campaign, 2008 — TOMMY THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT (TOMMY 2008) Campaign U.S. presidential election, 2008 Candidate Tommy Thompson Governor of Wisconsin (1987 2001) Secretary of Health and …

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  • 29Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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  • 30ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …

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