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101Talgua caves — Near the entrance Talgua Cave, (“The Cave of the Glowing Skulls”; “Cueva del Rio Talgua”), is a cave located in the Olancho Valley in the municipality of Catacamas in northeastern Honduras. The misnomer “The Cave of the Glowing Skulls” was given… …
102Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950) — Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after World War II (demographic estimates) Background …
103Mass suicide in Demmin — On May 1, 1945, hundreds of people committed mass suicide in the town of Demmin, in the Province of Pomerania (now in Mecklenburg Vorpommern), Germany. The suicides occurred during a mass panic that was provoked by atrocities committed by… …
104Monasteries in Spain — The monasteries in Spain are a rich historical heritage, arts and culture. Spanish monasteries testify to its religious history and political military history, in both the Middle Ages and in earlier times, with the arrival and settlement of the… …
105Murchadh mac Aodha — (died 960) was 33rd King of Uí Maine. Reign and events Murchadh s reign is obscure. Some of the events recorded in Ui Maine, Connacht and Ireland during his lifetime include: 940.Cluain mic Nois (Clonmacnoise) and Cill dara (Kildare) were… …
106Nayirah (testimony) — refers to the controversial testimony given before the non governmental Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990, by a female who provided only her first name, Nayirah. In her emotional testimony, Nayirah stated that she had… …
107Ross Thomas (Schauspieler) — Ross Schuler Thomas (* 21. August 1981 in Stockton, Kalifornien) ist ein US amerikanischer Film und Fernsehschauspieler. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Filmografie (Auswahl) 3 Weblinks …
108predatory — I predacious, predatory (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. robbing, ravening, plundering. See stealing. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Preying on other animals] Syn. voracious, carnivorous, omnivorous, rapacious, predacious, raptorial,… …
109rapacious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. greedy, ravenous, voracious. See desire, gluttony. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Greedy] Syn. grasping, avaricious, insatiable; see sense 2; greedy 1 , 2 . 2. [Living on prey] Syn.… …
110Mahmud of Ghazni — (971 1030) On succeeding his father, Subuktigin (977 998), on the throne in 998, he obtained recognition of his sovereignty by the Abbasid caliph, impelling him to perceive himself in the role of a religious warrior. Between 1000 and 1026,… …
