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  • 121Taiwan — /tuy wahn /, n. Wade Giles, Pinyin. a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895 1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949. Cap.: Taipei. Also called Formosa. * *… …

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  • 122Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand — ▪ Indian leader Introduction byname  Mahatma (“Great Souled”) Gandhi  born Oct. 2, 1869, Porbandar, India died Jan. 30, 1948, Delhi  leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule, considered to be the father of his country. He is …

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  • 123India — • The peninsula is separated on the north from Tibet and Central Asia by the Himalaya, Hindu Kush, and Karakoram mountains, and some lower ranges divide it from Afghanistan and Baluchistan Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. India      …

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  • 124Mendicant Friars — • Members of those religious orders which, originally, by vow of poverty renounced all proprietorship not only individually but also (and in this differing from the monks) in common, relying for support on their own work and on the charity of the …

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  • 125St. Clement I —     Pope St. Clement I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Clement I     Pope Clement I (called CLEMENS ROMANUS to distinguish him from the Alexandrian), is the first of the successors of St. Peter of whom anything definite is known, and he is …

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  • 126Pope St. Clement I —     Pope St. Clement I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Clement I     Pope Clement I (called CLEMENS ROMANUS to distinguish him from the Alexandrian), is the first of the successors of St. Peter of whom anything definite is known, and he is …

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  • 127The Irish (in Countries Other Than Ireland) —     The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     I. IN THE UNITED STATES     Who were the first Irish to land on the American continent and the time of their arrival are …

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  • 128Anti-Bihari sentiment — Part of a series on Discrimination General forms …

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