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  2. Azzam Pasha quotation - Wikipedia

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    The Azzam Pasha quotation was part of a statement made by Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, the Secretary-General of the Arab League from 1945 to 1952, in which he declared in 1947 that, were a war to take place with the proposed establishment of a Jewish state, it would lead to "a war of extermination and momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacre and the Crusades."

  3. List of fictional anarchists - Wikipedia

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    An anarchist is a person who rejects any form of compulsory government (cf. "state") and supports its elimination. Anarchism is a political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which reject compulsory government [1] (the state) and support its elimination, [2] [3] often due to a wider rejection of involuntary or permanent authority. [4]

  4. Hurry up and wait - Wikipedia

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    Hurry up and wait" is a phrase used to refer to the situation in which one is forced to hurry in order to complete a certain task, or arrive at a certain destination, by a specified time; only for nothing to happen at that time, often because other required tasks are still awaiting completion.

  5. Guidelines for the Conduct of the Troops in Russia - Wikipedia

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    This struggle demands a ruthless and strenuous crackdown on Bolshevik agitators, irregulars, saboteurs and Jews, and the complete elimination of both active and passive resistance. The Asiatic soldiers, in particular, are inscrutable, unpredictable, underhand and unfeeling".

  6. The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python) - Wikipedia

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    Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones playing "The Spanish Inquisition" in Monty Python Live (Mostly), London, 2014 "The Spanish Inquisition" is an episode and recurring segment in the British sketch comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, specifically series 2 episode 2 (first broadcast 22 September 1970), that satirises the Spanish Inquisition.

  7. Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. In the radio series and the first novel, a group of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything from the supercomputer Deep Thought, specially built for this purpose.

  8. Get a wiggle on - Wikipedia

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    The Cambridge Dictionary defines the phrase as meaning to hurry up. [4] Get a wriggle on is both an English language idiom and a Colloquial Expression. [5] The phrase has been in use since 1891 and is still being used in the 21st century. [6] The phrase is also slang in Australia and it appears in the Aussie Slang Dictionary [7]

  9. Four Pests campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Four Pests Campaign strategically addressed the issue of mosquitoes through a variety of approaches. Focusing on the elimination of stagnant water, identified as a prime breeding ground for mosquitoes, the campaign aimed to reduce mosquito populations by improving water drainage systems. [22]