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Kosovo
Kosovo , Albanian Kosova, Serbian Kosovo i Metohija and Kosmet, officially Republic of Kosovo, republic (2002 est. pop. 1,900,000), 4,126 sq mi (10,686 sq km), SE Europe, a former province of Serbia that unilaterally declared its independence in 2008. Located on the Balkan Peninsula, it is... Read more |
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ethnic cleansing
ethnic cleansing the mass expulsion or killing of members of one ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another. The term has been in use since the early 1990s, as conflict spread in the former Yugoslavia; it became particularly associated with the bitter fighting between Bosnian Serbs... Read more |
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Pristina
Priština or Prishtina , city (1991 pop. 155,449), S Serbia. It is the chief city and capital of Kosovo and the heart of the Albanian Kosovar separatist movement. Priština, a commercial center with diverse industries, including woodworking, textiles, and food processing, suffered... Read more |
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Albania
Albania , Albanian Shqipëria or Shqipnija, officially Republic of Albania, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,563,000), 11,101 sq mi (28,752 sq km), SE Europe. Albania is on the Adriatic Sea coast of the Balkan Peninsula, between Montenegro on the northwest, Kosovo on the northeast, Macedonia on... Read more |
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Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milošević , 1941-2006, Yugoslav and Serbian political leader, president of Serbia (1989-97) and of Yugoslavia (1997-2000), b. Požarevac, Serbia. He joined the Communist party in 1959, beginning his political career in the 1960s as an economic adviser to the mayor of... Read more |
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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia , Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, former country of SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula. Belgrade was the capital and by far the largest city. Yugoslavs (i.e., South Slavs) consisted of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Macedonians, Montenegrins, and Bosniaks (also known Bosnian Muslims). Closely... Read more |
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Pec
Peć , Albanian Peja, town (1991 pop. 68,163), S Serbia, in the Kosovo region. A trade center, it has industries that produce leather goods, foodstuffs, and handicrafts. Stephen Dušan in 1346 made Peć the seat of the Orthodox patriarchs of Serbia, who resided there until 1766.... Read more |
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Montenegro
Montenegro , Serbo-Croatian Crna Gora, officially Republic of Montenegro, republic (1995 est. pop. 708,000), 5,332 sq mi (13,810 sq km), W Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by Croatia in the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the northwest, Serbia in northeast, Kosovo and Albania in the southeast, and... Read more |
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Macedonia
Macedonia măs&180;edō´nēe , Macedonian Makedonija, officially Republic of Macedonia, republic (2005 est. pop. 2,045,000), 9,930 sq mi (25,720 sq km), SE Europe. It is bordered by Serbia and Kosovo on the north, Albania on the west, Greece on the south, and Bulgaria on the... Read more |
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Serbia
Serbia , Serbian Srbija , officially Republic of Serbia, republic (1995 est. pop. 10,394,000), 34,116 sq mi (88,361 sq km), W central Balkan Peninsula; formerly the chief constituent republic of Yugoslavia and of its short-lived successor, Serbia and Montenegro. It is bounded in the northwest... Read more |
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overtaking light
overtaking light, a white light displayed at the stern of a...of the compulsory navigation lights which a ship must display under...Collisions at Sea. The overtaking light, also known as a sternlight...show through an arc on either side of the ... |
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Tenth Light Flotilla
Tenth Light Flotilla, unit of the Italian Navy equipped...submarine. These were weapons which the Tenth Light Flotilla, which was commanded by Commander Vittorio...but some of his men fought on the Allied side and took part in Anglo-Italian human torpedo... |
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International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
...regulations also lay down other lights which must be carried by certain...must show an all-round green light above an all-round white light, in addition to its navigation lights.During daylight signals are...on that vessel's starboard side, ... |
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Lighting
...insisted on reducing the amount of light in the auditorium in order...lamps fixed to the backs of the side wings, and extinguished many...give a sufficiently strong light on stage. The same improvement...candles. Gas was first used to light the stage at the ... |
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albino
...appear bright red, because light falls on the blood vessels of...against both ultraviolet rays and light, they are subject to severe...photophobia and heliophobia (fear of light and the sun) from birth on. Like ‘spears...regularly turn their heads to the ... |
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senses, extension of
...capacity to resolve patterns of light is ultimately limited by the...the retina, which catch the light and initiate the signals that...information about the pattern of light and dark in the image, whatever...warn them of danger from all sides. Hence the ... |
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fish
...and the tail, beats from side to side. However, this basic body shape...flattened bodies, with either the left side or the right side becoming the lower surface, and...deep-sea species, lined with light organs. The brightness of ... |
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body clock
...another as well as with external light and temperature.The world...particularly the level of light, which could directly rule the...variability of the diurnal rhythms of light and temperature. From day to day...in the hypothalamus on each side of the brain, ... |
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Titanic
...down the ship's starboard side extending 91 metres (300 ft...and rockets were fired when a light appeared on the horizon at about 0100 on 15 April. But the light moved away and the nearest ship...overturned and was showing a dark side; there was no wind or ... |
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Army Combat Branches: Cavalry
...overwhelm soldiers on foot. Light cavalry units were used for picket...force of massed cavalry. The light firepower of cavalry units...counterattack. Commanders on each side, however, like J. E. B...performing the functions of light cavalry.The Plains ... |
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light
...brighten the natural lights in your hair. 4. a match...produced: he asked me for a light. 5. a window or opening in a wall to let light in. ∎ any of the perpendicular...glass forming the roof or side of a greenhouse or the...activity or place: such ... |
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light cone
light cone A means of illustrating the...300 000 km (because the speed of light is approximately 300 000 km/s...diagram, the paths of rays of light from an event slant upwards at 45° along the sides of a cone whose vertex is at the... |
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flash
...the oncoming car flashed its lights. ∎ [tr.] shine or show a light to send (a signal): red lights started to flash a warning. ∎ [tr.] give...sudden brief burst of bright light or a sudden glint from a reflective...as a flash, he was at her ... |
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diffuse reflection
...reflection Reflection due to light being absorbed by a thin layer...then reradiated. The radiated light is distributed uniformly from the point of incidence on the same side of the surface as the incident light. The reflected light has a... |
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throw
...laughed. ∎ project or cast (light or shadow) in a particular...chandelier threw its bright light over the walls. ∎ deliver (a...sport: a shoulder throw. 2. a light cover for furniture. ∎ short...displacement between the two sides of a fault. 5... |
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beam
...supporting the deck and joining the sides of a ship. ∎ Naut. the direction...visible from the port or starboard side of a ship when it is perpendicular...pump. 2. a ray or shaft of light: a beam of light flashed in front of her...me up! 2. [intr.] (of a ... |
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reflection
...throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it: the reflection of light. ∎ an amount of light, heat, or sound that is thrown...point the same distance the other side of it. 2. serious thought or... |
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diffraction grating
...1000 per mm) which break light into a spectrum by diffraction...arranged symmetrically either side of the main spectrum, becoming...with distance. To minimize light loss, the surface grooves are...that most of the diffracted light is concentrated into a ... |
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lens
...transparent substance with curved sides for concentrating or dispersing light rays, used singly (as in a...as in a telescope). ∎ the light-gathering device of a camera...the direction of movement of light, sound, electrons, etc... |
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flare, solar
...to about 70 % of the speed of light, which reach the Earth in 15...flares are visible in white light. Flares occur in active regions...by their appearance in Hα light, and by their soft X-ray emission...developing into ribbons either side of the magnetic ... |
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fair
...advantageous, benign; on one's side, in one's favor.antonym: unfavorable...blonde, yellowish, golden, flaxen, light, light brown, ash blond.antonym: dark...Hermione's fair skin synonyms: pale, light, light-colored, white, creamy... |
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turn
...but he turnedsynonyms: change sides, go over, defect, desert...veto; inf. give the red light to. 2. turn down the volume...townsynonyms: branch off, take a side road, take another road. 4...inf. lay into, tear into, light into, lace into. 3. the ... |
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laugh
...with laughter, split one's sides, be rolling in the aisles...laugh off, belittle, make light of, close one's eyes to...laugh at, belittle, make light of, discount, shrug off...above).laugh on the other side of one's face you'll be laughing on the other ... |
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bold
...synonyms: heavy, thick, pronounced, conspicuous.antonyms: light, roman. AWKWARD SYNONYMS bold, aggressive, audacious, bumptious...assertive, confident behavior that is a little on the shameless side, but bold has a wider range of application. It can suggest... |
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lay
...the dress for the customersynonyms: put aside, put to one side, keep, save, store. 2. lay aside one's responsibilities...hands on that booksynonyms: find, locate, unearth, bring to light, discover, acquire, turn up. 3. priests laying hands on... |
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outside
...outside of the building synonyms: outer/external surface, exterior, outer side/layer, case, skin, shell, covering, facade. • adjective 1. outside lights synonyms: exterior, external, outer, outdoor, out-of-doors. 2. outside... |
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surface
...the surface of the door synonyms: outside, exterior; top, side; finish, veneer.antonyms: inside, interior. 2. the surface...in the sixties synonyms: emerge, arise, appear, come to light, crop up, materialize, spring up. 3. informal she eventually... |
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aspect
aspect • noun 1. look at every aspect of the problemsynonyms: feature, facet, side, angle, slant, viewpoint, standpoint, light. 2. a man with a fierce aspectsynonyms: appearance, look, expression, air, countenance... |
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catch
...recall, encapsulate, capture. 10. the blow caught her on the side of her face synonyms: hit, strike, slap, smack, bang.antonym...on fast synonyms: understand, comprehend, learn, see the light; informal latch on, get the picture, get the message, get... |
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set
...aside the newspapersynonyms: put aside, put to one side, move to one side, cast aside, discard, abandon, dispense with...bombsynonyms: detonate, explode, blow up, ignite, light. 3. set off a flurry of selling on the stock marketsynonyms... |
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Lights fantastic -- where to see holiday spirit illuminated
...and the three wise men all in lights. Lights extend all around the edge...several deer, too. Then on one side of the driveway a huge lit...Ave. -- The third annual "light up the holidays in a country...Experience a breathtaking display of ... |
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Lights: more on use and deployment.(RANGING SHOTS[TM])
...way we think about using the lights to have our skills step up to the improved quality of the light systems. I personally am not...or often together, as two lights are better than one. The light actually has two sources of...Using handheld systems, the ... |
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Light up with LED
...more glamorous feel. * Avoid lights that point at the mirror as...Use an extremely soft night light especially as kids respond better to gentle light. Studyroom * The height of...the desk lamp on the opposite side of your dominant hand to reduce...writing or ... |
 "The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)")
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LIGHTS SHINE FROM ALL POINTS OF COMPASS
...one of Vancouver's stellar light displays. More than 25,000 lights have gone into his "Peace...25-foot candy cane on one side of the roof and "Noel" on the other side. * 7604 N.E. 54th Circle...a 4-by-6-foot flag in lights or red, white and ... |
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LIGHTS-OUT SAVINGS FALL SHORT BY HALF
...off two out of three highway lights across New Jersey, the state...450,000. Of the 7,400 lights on state and interstate highways...overhead signs; the rest provided light along exit ramps and acceleration...agency had turned off fewer lights that it ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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Despite light pollution, the brightest stars shine through
...shield your eyes from glary lights nearby - and you can make out...lower right are his feet. City light pollution wipes out Orion...But meanwhile, oh, what a light! If you put Rigel and the sun side by side 4 light-years ... |
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Shed Light on Lighting Requirements.(Lighting Equipment)
Shed Light on Lighting Requirements...Golight Inc. "To compare lights' performance without testing them side by side can be difficult...place for evaluating light output. That should...consumer can use to compare light ... |
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Paths of light.(The Early Years: Resources and conversation on PreK to 2...
To young children, light is fascinating, and to begin...They can see the source of light and feel the sunshine on their...touch, smell, or taste the light. The properties of light can...Put the holes on the same side of the box so that ... |
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TRAFFIC LIGHT
...enjoyed the benefits of a traffic light at the intersection of Eighth...the obvious:. The traffic light worked.Because of the construction...temporary installation of a traffic light at Eighth and Carey to make...t make sense. On the other side of the park, ... |
 "The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO)")
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Light atop peak is back on to stay ; Many people notice when it's burned out
...snow. Glavan said the light comes on daily about...off at 7 a.m. The light's sole purpose is to...Peak. There are two lights, one on the north coming...House and one on the east side that comes out of the...can see just one of the lights, ... |
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