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- abbreviation   A botanical plant nameauthor abbreviation forbotanist Norman Loftus Bor (1893-1972).
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								WEARING A BROWN TWEED SUIT and his customary dark tortoiseshell sunglasses, Dr. Alberto Mazzini pushed through the crowd of loud and agitated reporters blocking the steps of the Musée d'Histoire in Boréée. 
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								That this holy relic was here, in Borée, nine hundred years ago. 
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								Some of the worst atrocities during the civil war were south-on-south violence, like the so-called Bor Massacre in 1991, when Nuer warriors slaughtered 2,000 Dinka. 
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								Some of the worst atrocities during the civil war were south-on-south violence, like the so-called Bor Massacre in 1991, when Nuer warriors slaughtered 2,000 Dinka. NYT > Global Home 2009 
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								Some of the worst atrocities during the civil war were south-on-south violence, like the so-called Bor Massacre in 1991, when Nuer warriors slaughtered 2,000 Dinka. 
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								"Bor," is a mountain, rock, or hill: a stony precipice is called "Jar," and the high clay banks of a ravine "Gebi." First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855 
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								Prodano is by the Turks called Borāk Isle to this day. [ The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Stanley Lane-Poole 
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								He lost to Petr Boleslav, the manager of the Czech championship team of Novy Bor and editor of its popular website. Lubomir Kavalek: Chess, Jazz and Hockey Legends in Prague Lubomir Kavalek 2011 
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								He lost to Petr Boleslav, the manager of the Czech championship team of Novy Bor and editor of its popular website. Lubomir Kavalek: Chess, Jazz and Hockey Legends in Prague Lubomir Kavalek 2011 
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								He lost to Petr Boleslav, the manager of the Czech championship team of Novy Bor and editor of its popular website. Lubomir Kavalek: Chess, Jazz and Hockey Legends in Prague Lubomir Kavalek 2011 
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