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  • 101BET HILLEL AND BET SHAMMAI — BET HILLEL AND BET SHAMMAI, two schools of exposition of the Oral Law, named after hillel and shammai who lived at the end of the first century B.C.E. and the beginning of the first century C.E. These two schools existed from the time of these… …

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  • 102UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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  • 103Abbot — The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery. The female… …

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  • 104Agrippina the Younger — Julio Claudian dynasty caption=Roman aureus depicting Agrippina and Claudius, c. 50/54. Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor ( Latin for the ‘younger’ , Classical Latin: IVLIA•AGRIPPINA; from the year 50, called IVLIA•AVGVSTA•AGRIPPINA… …

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  • 105AOL Instant Messenger — Infobox Software name = AOL Instant Messenger caption = Screenshot of the AIM 6.5.x Sign on window author = developer = AOL LLC. released = May 1997 latest release version = 6.8.12.4 latest release date = release date and age|2008|08|07 latest… …

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  • 106Constitution — For other uses, see Constitution (disambiguation). A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.[1] These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what… …

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  • 107Cross-dressing — The American photographer and photojournalist Frances Benjamin Johnston (right) cross dressing in a portrait with two friends …

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  • 108Council of the European Union — Not to be confused with European Council or Council of Europe. Council of the European Union name in other official languages …

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  • 109Conservative Judaism — (also known as Masorti Judaism outside of the United States and Canada) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid 19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s.… …

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  • 110Chiang Kai-shek — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chiang. Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek 蔣中正 / 蔣介石 …

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