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  • 71Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …

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  • 72brev|i|ty — «BREHV uh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. shortness; briefness: »The brevity of the concert disappointed the audience. 2. shortness in speech or writing; contraction into a few words; conciseness: »Brevity in storytelling makes the story more… …

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  • 73CODIFICATION OF LAW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the concept and its prevalence in other legal systems in jewish law in the mishnah format and style of the mishnah the talmud and post talmudic halakhic literary forms variety of… …

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  • 74concise — adjective Etymology: Latin concisus, from past participle of concidere to cut up, from com + caedere to cut, strike Date: circa 1590 marked by brevity of expression or statement ; free from all elaboration and superfluous detail < a concise&#8230; …

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  • 75Emperor Yōmei — (用明天皇 Yōmei tennnō ) (died 587) was the 31st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He ruled from 585 until his death in 587. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 37 38; Brown, Delmer et al.&#8230; …

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  • 76Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 …

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  • 77Protagoras — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = Pre Socratic philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Bust of Protagoras name = Protagoras (Πρωταγόρας) birth = ca. 490 death = 420 BC school tradition = Ionian Philosophy main interests =&#8230; …

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  • 79Odoacer — Flavius Odoacer King Coin of Odoacer, Ravenna, 477, with Odoacer in profile, depicted with a barbarian moustache. Reign 476–493 Predecessor None …

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  • 80Sundial — A sundial is a device that measures time by the position of the Sun. In common designs such as the horizontal sundial, the sun casts a shadow from its style (a thin rod or a sharp, straight edge) onto a flat surface marked with lines indicating&#8230; …

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