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  • 21persuasion — noun Etymology: Middle English persuasioun, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French persuasion, from Latin persuasion , persuasio, from persuadēre Date: 14th century 1. a. the act or process or an instance of persuading b. a persuading… …

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  • 22Celestines — Celestines, a branch of the great Benedictine monastic order, founded in 1244. At the foundation of the new rule, they were called Hermits of St Damiano, or Moronites (or Murronites), and did not assume the appellation of Celestines until after… …

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  • 23Propaganda — This article is about the form of communication. For other uses, see Propaganda (disambiguation). French Military Propaganda postcard showing a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II biting the world (c. 1915) …

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  • 24Rhetoric — This article is about the art of rhetoric in general. For the work by Aristotle, see Rhetoric (Aristotle). Painting depicting a lecture in a knight academy, painted by Pieter Isaacsz or Reinhold Timm for Rosenborg Castle as part of a series of… …

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  • 25Speech act — For the US Act, see SPEECH Act of 2010. Speech Act is a technical term in linguistics and the philosophy of language. The contemporary use of the term goes back to John L. Austin s doctrine of locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts.… …

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  • 26395 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placePersian Empire* The Persian satrap Tissaphernes enemy Parysatis, mother of Cyrus, succeeds in persuading Persian King Artaxerxes II to have him executed at Colossae, Phrygia (now Turkey). Parysatis cannot forgive Tissaphernes… …

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  • 27Seminole Wars — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Seminole Wars caption=Osceola, Seminole leader. date= 1817 1858 place= Florida, US result= Indecisive/US victory combatant1= combatant2= Seminole strength1= strength2= casualties1= casualties2= The Seminole Wars …

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  • 28Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes — (20 December 1717 – 13 February 1787) was a French statesman and diplomat. He served as Foreign Minister from 1774 during the reign of Louis XVI, notably during the American War of Independence. Vergennes rose through the ranks of the diplomatic… …

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  • 29Neil Hamilton (politician) — Neil Hamilton Member of Parliament for Tatton In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 P …

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  • 30Swinburne University of Technology — Swinburne University Logo Motto Factum per Litteras Achievement through learning [1] Established 1908 …

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