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quiet Astronomy (of the sun) exhibiting a very low number of sunspots, solar flares, and other surface phenomena; inactive How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This should quieten those ungenerous colleagues in the history of European astronomy and cartography who preferred to see European initiative behind the Safavid world-maps. Such suits, designed to quieten crusaders, are known as SLAPPS, or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. As plenipotentiary, he literally fought his way to become Hong Kong's first governor through his leadership of the British expedition which forced an ever weakening Chinese government to cede territory in their far south in an attempt to quieten the obstreperous foreigners who were disturbing the peace and isolation of the Qing Empire. |
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