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  • 111To go shares — Share Share, n. [OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to shear, cut. See {Shear}, v.] 1. A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of …

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  • 112Mathematical induction — can be informally illustrated by reference to the sequential effect of falling dominoes. Mathematical induction is a method of mathematical proof typically used to establish that a given statement is true of all natural numbers (positive… …

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  • 113Sailing ship — is now used to refer to any large wind powered vessel. In technical terms, a ship was a sailing vessel with a specific rig of at least three masts, square rigged on all of them, making the sailing adjective redundant. In popular usage ship became …

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  • 114Viriathus — (known as Viriato in Portuguese and Spanish) (? 139 BC) was the most important leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of Western Iberia (as the Romans would call it), where the Roman province of Lusitania… …

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  • 115Shelf life — This pack of diced pork says display until 7 May and use by 8 May …

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  • 116Chit fund — A Chit fund is a kind of savings scheme practiced in India. A Chit fund company means a company managing, conducting or supervising, as foremen, agent or in any other capacity, chits as defined in Section 2 of the Chit Funds Act, 1982. According… …

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  • 117Water (2005 film) — Infobox Film name = Water caption = Film poster director = Deepa Mehta producer = David Hamilton writer = Deepa Mehta starring = Seema Biswas Lisa Ray John Abraham Sarala Kariyawasam Manorama music = A. R. Rahman Mychael Danna cinematography =… …

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  • 118Environmental effects of meat production — This article discusses the environmental effects of livestock and poultry farming. For the environmental effects of fishing, see Environmental effects of fishing. Environmental effects of meat production include pollution and the use of resources …

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  • 119Gomastha — (also spelled Gumastha or Gomasta , Persian: agent [harvnb|Markovits|2000|Glossary:xii] ) described an Indian agent of the British East India Company employed in the Company s colonies, to sign bonds, usually compellingly, by local weavers and… …

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  • 120John Adams: On the Importance of Property for the Suffrage — ▪ Primary Source              James Sullivan, a member of the provincial congress of Massachusetts, corresponded with John Adams in May 1776 when the latter was a member of the Second Continental Congress. On May 6, Sullivan wrote a letter to… …

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