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  2. Obol (coin) - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Greece, it was generally reckoned as 16 drachma (c. 0.72 grams or 11 grains). [14] [15] Under Roman rule, it was defined as 1 ⁄ 48 Roman ounce or about 0.57 g (9 gr). [16] The apothecaries' system also reckoned the obol or obolus as 1 ⁄ 48 ounce or 1 ⁄ 2 scruple. While 0.72 grams was the weight of a standard Greek obol ...

  3. Ancient Greek coinage - Wikipedia

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    The three most important standards of the ancient Greek monetary system were the Attic standard, based on the Athenian drachma of 4.3 grams (2.8 pennyweights) of silver, the Corinthian standard based on the stater of 8.6 g (5.5 dwt) of silver, that was subdivided into three silver drachmas of 2.9 g (1.9 dwt), and the Aeginetan stater or didrachm of 12.2 g (7.8 dwt), based on a drachma of 6.1 g ...

  4. Wasted vote - Wikipedia

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    In Germany in 2013 15.7 percent or 6.9 million votes were unrepresented. [18] In the 2015 Israeli legislative election, the wasted vote was 7.1 percent. The election is held with the country as a single district, which reduces the potential effective threshold to a minimum but an electoral threshold of 3.25 percent means that some minor parties ...

  5. Play Wordchuck Online for Free - AOL.com

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    Make as many words as you can from the scrambled word grid to score points before the timer expires. ... Crossword. Play. Masque Publishing. Dominoes: All Fives. Play. Masque Publishing. Down ...

  6. ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers for NYT's Tricky Word Game on ...

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    Read no further until you really want some clues or you've completely given up and want the answers ASAP. Get ready for all of the NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #204 on Monday, January ...

  7. Ancient drachma - Wikipedia

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    The ancient drachma originated in Greece around the 6th century BC. [1] The coin, usually made of silver or sometimes gold [2] had its origins in a bartering system that referred to a drachma as a handful of wooden spits or arrows. [3] The drachma was unique to each city state that minted them, and were sometimes circulated all over the ...

  8. Opinion - Patriots, be brave: Don’t waste your vote on a ...

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    We ask the men and women of our military to risk their lives to defend America. Is it so much for you to check a box?

  9. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...