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  2. Armageddon - Wikipedia

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    The word is a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew har məgīddō (הר מגידו). Har means "a mountain" or "a range of hills". This is a shortened form of harar meaning "to loom up; a mountain". Məgīddō refers to a fortification made by King Ahab that dominated the Plain of Jezreel. Its name means "place of crowds". [7] [8]

  3. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    As a noun, desert is a barren or uninhabited place; an older meaning of the word is "what one deserves", as in the idiom just deserts. A dessert is the last course of a meal. disassemble and dissemble. To disassemble means "to dismantle" (e.g., to take a machine code program apart to see how it works); to dissemble means "to tell lies ...

  4. Outdoor recreation - Wikipedia

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    The committee encourages fieldwork projects since it helps in the development of ‘soft’ skills and social skills, particularly in hard to reach children. These activities can also take place on school trips, on visits in the local community or even on the school grounds. [17]

  5. 2025 United States House of Representatives elections

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    Incumbent Republican Elise Stefanik is likely to resign to take office as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. [10] Governor Kathy Hochul is responsible for calling a special election ten days after the vacancy, to take place between 70 and 80 days afterwards. [20]

  6. Placemaking - Wikipedia

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    Jane Jacobs, chairman of the Comm. to save the West Village holds up documentary evidence at press conference at Lions Head Restaurant at Hudson & Charles Sts.. The concepts behind placemaking originated in the 1960s, when writers like Jane Jacobs and William H. Whyte offered groundbreaking ideas about designing cities that catered to people, not just to cars and shopping centers.

  7. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

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    A fictional suburb set on the Main Line region of Pennsylvania, where most of the series takes place Rummidge, England David Lodge: Changing Places and others S ; Sac Prairie: August Derleth: Various works St. Johns, England Ken Follett: Kingsbridge-series: St. Johns is a village in South West England. St. Loo, England Agatha Christie: Several ...

  8. Glossary of Mafia-related words - Wikipedia

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    Omertà: to take a vow of silence in the Mafia, punishable by death if not upheld. one-way ride or taking someone for a ride: underworld for an execution method outfit: a clan, or family within the Mafia. old country: refers to Italy when used by members of the American Mafia painting houses: murdering someone pass: A reprieve from being whacked.

  9. Leap of faith - Wikipedia

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    Adam's leap signifies a change from one quality to another—the quality of possessing no sin to the quality of possessing sin. Kierkegaard writes that the transition from one quality to another can take place only by a "leap". [8]: 232 When the transition happens, one moves directly from one state to the other, never possessing both qualities.