December

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December ★★ 1991 (PG)

Four prepschool students in New Hampshire must confront the reality of war when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. A touching story of courage and friendship that takes place in one night during the suprise-attack. 92m/C VHS, DVD . Wil Wheaton, Chris Young, Brian Krause, Balthazar Getty, Jason London; D: Gabe Torres; W: Gabe Torres.

December

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December the twelfth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the first month of winter. The name is recorded from Middle English, and comes from Latin, from decem ‘ten’, being originally the tenth month of the Roman year.
Decembrists a group of Russian revolutionaries who in December 1825 led an unsuccessful revolt against Tsar Nicholas I. The leaders were executed and later came to be regarded as martyrs by the Left.

December

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De·cem·ber / diˈsembər/ • n. the twelfth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the first month of winter.

December

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December XIII. —(O)F. décembre — L. December, f. decemTEN, this being the tenth month of the ancient Roman year.