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The usage and meaning of "Middle East" have been a source of heated debate. As early as 1949, when ot… East , east / ēst/ • n. (usu. the east) 1. the direction toward the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes, on the right-hand side of a p… Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo , Belo, Carlos Felipe Ximenes
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