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  • 101Deity — • This article is confined to the non Christian notion of the Deity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Deity     Deity     † …

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  • 102Main Sunder Hoon — Directed by R. Krishnan Starring Mehmood and Leena Chandavarkar …

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  • 103approach — I. verb Etymology: Middle English approchen, from Anglo French aprocher, from Late Latin appropiare, from Latin ad + prope near; akin to Latin pro before more at for Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to draw closer to ; near …

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  • 104St Paul's Island — St. Paul s Island (also referred to as Selmunett) is a flat islet (there are in fact two of them, well separated, when the sea is rough) lying in St. Paul s Bay on the island of Malta.It has been uninhabited since the sole farmer abandoned his… …

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  • 105Missa Papae Marcelli — Missa Papae Marcelli, or Pope Marcellus Mass, is a mass by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It is his most well known and most often performed mass, and is frequently taught in university courses on music. It was always[citation needed] sung at… …

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  • 106shave — shavable, shaveable, adj. /shayv/, v., shaved, shaved or (esp. in combination) shaven, shaving, n. v.i. 1. to remove a growth of beard with a razor. v.t. 2. to remove hair from (the face, legs, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a… …

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  • 107Chambord, Henri Dieudonné d'Artois, Count de, Duke De Bordeaux — ▪ French noble in full  Henri charles ferdinand marie Dieudonné D artois, Count De Chambord   born Sept. 29, 1820, Paris, France died Aug. 24, 1883, Frohsdorf, Austria  last heir of the elder branch of the Bourbons (Bourbon, House of) and, as… …

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  • 108Molasses Act — 1733 Parliament of Great Britain Long title An act for the better securing and encouraging the trade of his Majesty s sugar colonies in America. Statute book chapter 6 …

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  • 109by a whisker —    If you do something by a whisker, you only just manage to do it and come very near indeed to failing.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 110by the skin of your teeth —    If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just manage to do it and come very near indeed to failing.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    To do something by the skin of our teeth means that you just manage to do it, but that… …

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