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  • 61Russia — /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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  • 62unwise — I adjective detrimental, disadvantageous, fatuous, foolish, ill advised, ill considered, ill contrived, ill devised, ill judged, ill managed, illogical, impolitic, imprudent, inadvisable, inane, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept,… …

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  • 63unfavorable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. adverse, disadvantageous, inauspicious, unpropitious, unlucky; unfriendly, antagonistic; negative, contrary; inclement; inopportune, untimely. See inexpedience, prediction, adversity, disapprobation …

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  • 64The Netherlands —     The Netherlands     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Netherlands     (Germ. Niederlande; Fr. Pays Bas).     The Netherlands, or Low Countries, as organized by Charles V, under whom the Burgundian era ended, comprised practically the territory… …

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  • 65inadvisable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inexpedient, not recommended; impracticable; ill advised, unwise, imprudent, risky. See inexpedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unwise, imprudent, impolitic, ill advised; see improper 1 , rash ,… …

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  • 66End of the Han Dynasty — The End of the Han Dynasty (漢朝末年 or 東漢末年, the End of the Eastern Han Dynasty) refers to a period roughly coinciding with the reign of Han Dynasty s final emperor Emperor Xian (r. 189 220) when the empire, with its institutions destroyed by the… …

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  • 67imprudent — I adjective adventurous, brash, careless, foolhardy, foolish, hasty, hazardous, heedless, hot headed, ill advised, ill considered, ill judged, impolitic, improvident, impulsive, inadvisable, incautious, inconsiderate, inconsultus, indiscreet,… …

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  • 68Ethelred the Unready — Infobox British Royalty|Monarch name=Ethelred the Unready title=King of England reign=18 March, 978 – 23 April 1016 predecessor=Edward the Martyr (978) Sweyn (1014) successor=Sweyn (1013) Edmund Ironside (1016) date of birth=966 68 place of birth …

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  • 69United States Bicycle Motocross Association — The United States Bicycle Association (USBA) was a short lived Bicycle Motocross (BMX) national sanctioning body based in Tempe, Arizona. It was founded in March 1984 by five former members of the American Bicycle Association (ABA): Rich Mann,… …

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  • 70Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …

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