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Na Ne Ni No Nu

Nea Nee Nel Neo New

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Near Abroad

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Russia’s name for the now-independent former republics, other than Russia, of the USSR.

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Needleleaf

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Characteristic of trees like pine, fir, and cedar, found in northern regions of North America.

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Nelson Mandela

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One of the African national congress leaders who led a struggle to end apartheid and was elected president in 1994 in the first all-race election in South Africa.

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Neo-Malthusians

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Supporters of forecasts that resources will not keep pace with the needs of growing human populations.

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Neocolonialism

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The perpetuation of a colonial economic pattern in which developing countries export raw materials to, and buy finished goods from, developed countries.

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New England

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The six northern states in the northeast United States-Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

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Newly industrializing countries

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NICs – The more prosperous of the world’s less developed countries.