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  • 21List of reptiles and amphibians in Gibraltar — This is a list of the reptile and amphibian species recorded in Gibraltar. There are 25 reptile species and 5 amphibian species in Gibraltar, of which 1 is critically endangered, 2 are endangered, 1 is vulnerable, and 3 are near threatened. [cite …

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  • 22Philodryas viridissimus — Whip Whip, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod …

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  • 23Velocity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Velocity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 velocity velocity speed celerity Sgm: N 1 swiftness swiftness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 rapidity rapidity eagle speed Sgm: N 1 expedition expedition …

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  • 24velocity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Speed Nouns 1. velocity, speed, celerity, swiftness, rapidity, expedition (see haste); acceleration; hurry, spurt, rush, dash; smart, lively, swift, or spanking pace; flying, flight; gallop, canter, trot …

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  • 25History of the English fiscal system — The history of the English fiscal system affords the best known example of continuous financial development in terms of both institutions and methods. Although periods of great upheaval occurred from the time of the Norman Conquest to the… …

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  • 26Kansas–Nebraska Act — This 1856 map shows slave states (gray), free states (pink), U.S. territories (green), and Kansas in center (white). The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat. 277) created the territories of …

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  • 27Domino (horse) — Domino Domino in the 1893 Futurity Stakes at Sheepshead Bay Race Track Sire Himyar Grandsire Alarm Dam Mannie Gray …

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  • 28Northey Brothers — George and Hart Northey were two brothers who lived in St. Eglos, Cornwall during the early 19th Century. It was purported that the former experienced a clairvoyant vision of the latter s murder. Their case was recorded by the English journalist… …

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  • 29rapidly — Synonyms and related words: always, amain, apace, at all times, at flank speed, at full speed, at once, briskly, ceaselessly, constantly, continually, daily, daily and hourly, day after day, day and night, double quick, ever, ever and anon, every …

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  • 30Thomas S. Allen — (b. 1876, Natick, Massachusetts, d. 1919, Boston, Massachusetts), an early figure in Tin Pan Alley, was an American vaudeville composer, manager, and violinist. [ [http://www.johnovertonband.org/conc9900.htm] Dead link|date=March 2008] [… …

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