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험지주파
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험지주파(險地走破, 영어: off-roading 오프로딩[*])란 포장된 도로 이외의 장소를 차량으로 통행하는 것을 말한다. 그 장소는 포장되지 않은 산길, 자연 그대로의 지형까지 다양하다. 험지에서 이루어지는 자동…

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가즈아(IPA: [ka̠d͡ʑɯa̠])는 도박이나 투자에서 긍정적인 기대를 표현하는 감탄사이다. "가자."를 길게 발음한 것이며 과거 스포츠 도박 같은 것을 하는 사람들이 쓰던 말이다. 그러나 요즘에는 대중화되어 어…

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2013
French special forces failed in an attempted rescue of a DGSE agent, who had been taken hostage in 2009 by al-Shabaab, in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
2003
After Chicago police detective Jon Burge was discovered to have extracted forced confessions from more than 200 suspects, the governor of Illinois commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners and pardoned four others.
1986
The Gateway Bridge (pictured) in Brisbane, Australia, opened as the largest prestressed-concrete, single-box bridge in the world.
1964
In a landmark report (cover pictured), U.S. surgeon general Luther Terry issued a warning that tobacco smoking may be hazardous to health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, and other illnesses.
1961
Students at the University of Georgia rioted in an attempt to prevent the attendance of two African-American students.
1946
The People's Republic of Albania was proclaimed, with Enver Hoxha as the country's de facto head of state.
1943
Italian-American journalist and trade-union activist Carlo Tresca, a leading public opponent of the Mafia infiltration of unions, was assassinated in New York City.
1927
Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, hosted 36 people involved in the film industry at a banquet, where he announced the creation of what would become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
1923
Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr to force the Weimar Republic to pay reparations in the aftermath of World War I.

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