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  • 1avoid — v. a. 1. Shun (in a negative sense, or denoting care only without positive exertion), eschew, escape, elude, keep away from, keep aloof from, keep out of the way of, withdraw from keep clear of, be shy of, fight shy of, have nothing to do with. 2 …

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  • 2Characters from the Incarnations of Immortality — This article contains brief biographies for major characters from Piers Anthony s Incarnations of Immortality series. The protagonist of each book in the series, as well as some other major characters, are listed here.The IncarnationsZane On a… …

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  • 3stand aloof — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, abstain, abstain from, alienate, avoid, be stuck up, be unmoved, be unwilling, beg off, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, decline, decline to accept, delete, depart, disagree, disallow,… …

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  • 4stand off — Synonyms and related words: bear off, decline, die away, diminish, drift away, dwindle, ebb, fade, fade away, go, go away, haul off, hold away from, keep aloof, keep away, keep away from, keep clear of, maintain distance, move away, move off,… …

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  • 5Provisional IRA campaign 1969–1997 — From 1969 until 1997 [Moloney, p. 472] , the Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA) conducted an armed paramilitary campaign in the United Kingdom, aimed at ending British sovereignty in Northern Ireland in order to create a united… …

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  • 6international 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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  • 7United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 8HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 9china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 10China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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