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  • 91Myths of the Near Future —   …

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  • 92A Very Woman — A Very Woman, or The Prince of Tarent is an early seventeenth century stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger and John Fletcher. It was first published in 1655, fifteen and thirty years after the deaths of its authors.DateScholars… …

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  • 93Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come — The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is a character in English novelist Charles Dickens s A Christmas Carol . The Ghost, never spoke or identified itself by name; but, in the original book, Scrooge initially called it The Ghost of Christmas Yet to… …

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  • 94Black Mountain (near Los Altos, California) — For other summits in California, see Black Mountain (disambiguation). Black Mountain View of the Santa Cruz Mountains from the summit of Black Mountain on a cloudy day …

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  • 95To come short — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …

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  • 96To come to the ground — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …

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  • 97The Byzantine Empire —     The Byzantine Empire     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Byzantine Empire     The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at …

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  • 98DISPUTATIONS AND POLEMICS — in the pagan environment the christian environment and mission dialogue with tryphon celsus in the christian and muslim medieval milieu gregory of tours and priscus gilbert crispin christian religious drama chronicle of ahimaaz 12TH CENTURY in… …

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  • 99approach — I. v. n. 1. Come, draw near, draw nigh, come near, be at hand. 2. [With to.] Approximate, come nearly up, be nearly equal. II. v. a. 1. Bring near, carry toward, advance, push forward. 2. Come or draw near or nigh (to), go near …

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  • 100Science and the Church — • Dicsusses the relationship between the two subjects Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Science and the Church     Science and the Church      …

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