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Sounding, which involved dropping weighted lines into the water

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21 Feb 2018, 08:33

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31 Jul 2018, 14:42

In 1907, India's first private sector steel plant opened in Jamshedpur

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rohan2345

24 Jul 2018, 03:04

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24 Jul 2018, 22:13

Unwilling to threaten the revenue generated by the city's two airports

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itisSheldon

10 Jul 2018, 10:50

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11 Jul 2018, 08:13

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, the renowned poet, essayist and transcendentalist

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11 Jun 2018, 11:50

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13 Jun 2018, 00:48

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Ten times as many frog species inhabit the Amazonian rainforests as in

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24 May 2018, 23:53

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09 Jun 2018, 08:26

The surest way of stopping the manufacture of methamphetamine is

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31 Oct 2013, 05:07

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31 May 2018, 03:23

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Special Electric inc has announced budget cuts of over $1 billion

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rohan2345

13 Apr 2018, 02:30

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by: push12345

28 Apr 2018, 00:15

Discarding and replacing worn appliances may seem to be a wasteful thi

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DharLog

12 Feb 2018, 18:18

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17 Apr 2018, 12:23

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Like their counterparts in other countries, the student movement in th

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Sajjad1994

04 Jun 2017, 06:01

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13 Apr 2018, 11:30

As other inert gases, Neon atoms never form stable

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rohan2345

16 Dec 2017, 10:57

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by: vasuca10

31 Mar 2018, 09:59

The insurance behemoth has announced ...

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avohden

06 Oct 2013, 06:27

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by: vasuca10

31 Mar 2018, 09:04

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Though Khyber Pass is free of landslides, there is so much difficulty

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rohan2345

07 Mar 2018, 10:02

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by: Abhishek009

12 Mar 2018, 09:06

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In its antitrust complaint the justice department claimed that the sof

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01 Feb 2018, 16:28

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28 Feb 2018, 22:37

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The mid-twentieth century hosted the emergence of the information Age

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HKD1710

29 Jan 2017, 06:33

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by: Abhishek009

28 Jan 2018, 07:16

Adult pelicans store fish in a deep, expandable pouch below the lower

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Kritesh

04 Jun 2017, 11:04

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17 Dec 2017, 21:22

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The term “support staff” is often used to describe employees that

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Kritesh

12 Aug 2017, 23:11

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13 Nov 2017, 22:21

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The university’s board of trustees, being worried over declining

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Kritesh

05 Aug 2017, 12:37

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by: Nunuboy1994

17 Sep 2017, 19:12

According to some market analysts, the third quarter ...

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06 Oct 2013, 09:04

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by: Kayden

15 Sep 2017, 01:05

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The theater company publicly recognized the

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15 Jan 2014, 07:53

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04 Sep 2017, 08:27

With three decades of intensive research and experimentation

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28 Aug 2017, 17:05

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29 Aug 2017, 03:33

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Because of their ability to consume large numbers of

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30 Jul 2013, 06:53

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29 Aug 2017, 00:42

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With a population equal to London in an area one third its size, Gurga

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Mahmud6

13 Aug 2017, 03:30

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23 Aug 2017, 10:10

The panda, which is an Asian animal related to bears, live in tropical

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Mahmud6

13 Aug 2017, 03:25

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13 Aug 2017, 12:27

Driven to desperation by their burgeoning loans,

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31 Jul 2017, 17:48

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01 Aug 2017, 20:36

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The obviously bitter actress stated that had the director known what h

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27 Jul 2017, 13:15

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Steve, along with his oldest brothers, are going to make a large real

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That enthusiasts predicted that first-year sales of electric cars woul

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13 Jun 2017, 07:36

Because she didn’t know the answer, Janie found it to be quite

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12 Jun 2017, 22:28

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His way of doing things was different than what the previous instru

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Upon arrival at any place of posting I find it greatly different than

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07 Jun 2017, 11:00

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Most students like to read

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28 May 2017, 13:42

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Many people contemplate leasing a car instead of buying one, they are

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Sajjad1994

07 May 2017, 12:12

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08 May 2017, 19:47

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The gymnastic team had put so much time into practice it was

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03 Jan 2015, 23:57

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12 Mar 2017, 06:05

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The concert we went to last weekend was really great because

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10 Mar 2013, 19:28

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24 May 2016, 14:54

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08 Mar 2015, 21:27

In the centuries since painting it, scholars have debated the meaning

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17 Nov 2013, 06:40

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04 Sep 2013, 13:39

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As permafrost thaws it releases carbon dioxide and in turn contributes

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One critic wrote that, if the best-selling guide to finding a husband

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14 Dec 2025, 06:57

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It took the museum decades of creative and persistent effort

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doe007

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10 Nov 2025, 02:55

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The professor predicts that as students become more and more dependent

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Bunuel

13 May 2022, 02:30

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22 Sep 2025, 01:56

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Some of them burned out eons ago, the night sky is spotted with thousa

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Bunuel

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14 Sep 2025, 06:14

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07 Dec 2018, 15:35

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14 Jun 2025, 08:19

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Tropical forests may dry out and become vulnerable to devastating

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Abhi077

28 Nov 2020, 19:46

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14 Jun 2025, 07:42

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According to criminologists, the cause of riots among many

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martie11

24 Nov 2010, 13:55

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05 Jun 2025, 18:04

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Found throughout southern Africa these relations of the common sparro

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22 May 2025, 03:59

One thing that sets American Millennials apart from members of other

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20 Apr 2025, 16:52

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03 Oct 2016, 18:49

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19 Apr 2025, 03:35

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Since the movie was released seventeen UFOs have been sighted in the

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AliciaSierra

16 May 2019, 04:00

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03 Apr 2025, 22:41

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Like the cult status of Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Ridley

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