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  • 41ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

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  • 42Rosales — ▪ plant order Introduction  the rose order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, containing 9 families, 261 genera, and more than 7,700 species. Rosales, which is in the Rosid I group among the core eudicots, is related to other orders with members …

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  • 43stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… …

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  • 44Quarter (United States coin) — Infobox Coin Country = United States Denomination = Quarter Dollar Value = 0.25 Unit = U.S. dollar Mass troy oz = 0.182 Mass = 5.670 Diameter inch = 0.955 Diameter = 24.26 Thickness inch = 0.069 Thickness = 1.75 Edge = 119 reeds Composition =… …

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  • 45Somaliland — For other uses, see Somaliland (disambiguation). Somaliland locally known as Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland جمهورية أرض الصومال Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmāliland Republic of Somaliland …

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  • 46Coase theorem — In law and economics, the Coase theorem (pronounced /ˈkoʊs/), attributed to Ronald Coase, describes the economic efficiency of an economic allocation or outcome in the presence of externalities. The theorem states that if trade in an externality… …

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  • 47Portrait painting — See Portrait for more about the general topic of portraits. Portrait painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to depict the visual appearance of the subject. Beside human beings, animals, pets and even inanimate objects can be chosen… …

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  • 48Male–female income disparity in the United States — Main article: Gender pay gap Median weekly earnings of full time wage and salary workers, by sex, race, and ethnicity, 2009.[1] Male–female income diference, also referred to as the gender gap in earnings in t …

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  • 49Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …

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  • 50Banksia brownii — taxobox name = Feather leaved Banksia image caption = inflorescences and leaves. status = EN status system = EPBC status ref = regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots ordo = Proteales familia = Proteaceae genus …

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