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  • 111Italian Fascism — Part of a series on Fascism …

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  • 112Tuckahoe-Cohee — Tuckahoe and cohee were terms used during the 18th and 19th centuries to describe two contrasting cultural groups in the Virginia and Carolina areas of the United States. These slang terms are now considered obscure and obsolete. Tuckahoe refers… …

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  • 113humour — /hyooh meuhr/, n., v.t., Chiefly Brit. humor. Usage. See or1. * * * I (Latin; fluid ) In early Western physiological theory, one of the four body fluids thought to determine a person s temperament and features. As hypothesized by Galen, the four… …

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  • 114Canons and Canonesses Regular — • According to St. Thomas Aquinas, a canon regular is essentially a religious cleric Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Canons and Canonesses Regular     Canons and Canonesses Regular …

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  • 115Hubert and Jan van Eyck —     Hubert and Jan van Eyck     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Hubert and Jan van Eyck     Brothers, Flemish illuminators and painters, founders of the school of Bruges and consequently of all the schools of painting in the North of Europe. Hubert was …

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  • 116Alexander the Great — This article is about the ancient king of Macedon. For other uses, see Alexander the Great (disambiguation). Alexander the Great Basileus of Macedon …

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  • 117Moby-Dick — For other uses, see Moby Dick (disambiguation). Moby Dick; or, The Whale …

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  • 118The Lion Has Wings — Infobox Film name = The Lion Has Wings image size = 175x caption = DVD cover director = Michael Powell Brian Desmond Hurst Adrian Brunel Alexander Korda (uncredited) producer = Alexander Korda Ian Dalrymple writer = Adrian Brunel Ian Dalrymple… …

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  • 119Pindar — /pin deuhr/, n. 522? 443? B.C., Greek poet. * * * born 518/522, Cynoscephalae died с 438 BC, Argos Greek poet. A Boeotian of aristocratic birth, Pindar was educated in neighbouring Athens and lived much of his life in Thebes. Almost all his early …

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  • 120Seneca, Lucius Annaeus — born с 4 BC, Corduba, Spain died AD 65, Rome Roman philosopher, statesman, and playwright. He was trained as an orator and began a career in politics and law in Rome с AD 31. While banished to Corsica for adultery (41–49), he wrote the… …

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