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  • 81draw and quarter — {v. phr.}, {literary} 1. To execute someone in the barbaric medieval fashion of having him torn into four pieces by four horses tearing his body in four different directions. * /The captured foreign marauders were drawn and quartered by the angry …

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  • 82draw and quarter — {v. phr.}, {literary} 1. To execute someone in the barbaric medieval fashion of having him torn into four pieces by four horses tearing his body in four different directions. * /The captured foreign marauders were drawn and quartered by the angry …

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  • 83Fifth Monarchists — The Fifth Monarchists or Fifth Monarchy Men were active from 1649 to 1661 during the Interregnum, following the English Civil Wars of the 17th century. They took their name from a belief in a world ruling kingdom to be established by a returning… …

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  • 84Gunpowder Plot — The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, or the Powder Treason, as it was known at the time, [Antonia Fraser, The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 , London, 2002, Author s Note, pg. xv. ISBN 0 75381 401 3] was a failed assassination attempt by a group …

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  • 85Heraldry — The German Hyghalmen Roll was made in the late fifteenth century and illustrates the German practice of repeating themes from the arms in the crest. (See Roll of arms) Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning …

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  • 86Isaac Newton — Sir Isaac Newton …

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  • 87Split (poker) — In poker it is sometimes necessary to split, or divide the pot among two or more players rather than awarding it all to a single player. This can happen because of ties, and also by playing intentional split pot poker variants (the most typical… …

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  • 88Third Amendment to the United States Constitution — The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution (Amendment III) is a part of the United States Bill of Rights. It was introduced by James Madison on September 5, 1789, and then three fourths of the states ratified this as well as 9 others… …

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  • 891616 — Year 1616 (MDCXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 10 day slower Julian calendar). Events of 1616 January June * January The Dutch try to… …

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  • 90Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon — Infobox British Royalty|majesty|consort name =Elizabeth Bowes Lyon title =Queen of the United Kingdom Empress of India imgw =200 caption =The Queen at the World s Fair, New York City, 1939. reign =11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952 coronation =12 …

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