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  • 41Poirot Investigates — infobox Book | name = Poirot Investigates title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the first UK edition author = Agatha Christie cover artist = W. Smithson Broadhead country = United Kingdom language = English series …

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  • 42Russian traditions and superstitions — include superstitions and customs of Russia and neighbouring former Soviet Union countries. Many of them are now inseparable parts of every day life, or simply common social etiquette, though they often have their origins in superstition. The… …

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  • 43Zhu Shugui — Prince of NingJing bedroom, now become Tainan Grand Matsu Temple Zhu Shugui (Chinese: 朱術桂) (1617 21 July 1683), courtesy name Tianqiu (Chinese: 天球; lit. Celestial Sphere), titled the Prince of Ningjing (Chinese: 寧靖王), was a ninth generation… …

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  • 44William Wilkerson — [ [http://www.lanaturneronline.com/biographical information%20about%20Lana.htm Biographical Information ] ] .Early lifeBorn in Nashville, Tennessee on September 29, 1890. Wilkerson originally began to study medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania… …

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  • 45Merit — • By merit (meritum) in general is understood that property of a good work which entitles the doer to receive a reward from him in whose service the work is done Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Merit     Merit …

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  • 46Fanfaron — Fan fa*ron, n. [F., fr. Sp. fanfarron; cf. It. fanfano, and OSp. fanfa swaggering, boasting, also Ar. farf[=a]r talkative.] A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [R.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 47Gassing — Gas sing, n. 1. (Manuf.) The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing. [1913 Webster] 2. Boasting; insincere or empty talk.… …

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  • 48Rodomontade — Rod o*mon*tade , n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See {Rodomont}, n.] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. [1913 Webster] I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 49Peloponnesian War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Peloponnesian War caption=The Peloponnesian War date=c. 431–April 25, 404 BC place=Mainland Greece, Asia Minor, Sicily territory=Dissolution of the Delian League result=Peloponnesian League victory… …

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  • 50Trojan War — In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology, and was narrated… …

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