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  1. adjective
    being nine more than seventy
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  • c the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second
  • truth United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
  • black British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
  • song the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
  • key United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
  • north British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
  • lee leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
  • cook English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
  • bell English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
  • henry a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
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