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  • 91field hockey — a game played on a rectangular field having a netted goal at each end, in which two teams of 11 players each compete in driving a small leather covered ball into the other s goal, each player being equipped with a stick having a curved end or… …

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  • 92Philip IV — 1. (Philip the Fair) 1268 1314, king of France 1285 1314. 2. 1605 65, king of Spain 1621 65 (son of Philip III). * * * I French Philippe known as Philip the Fair born 1268, Fontainebleau, France died Nov. 29, 1314, Fontainebleau King of France… …

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  • 93Nakasone Yasuhiro — ▪ prime minister of Japan born May 27, 1918, Takasaki, Japan    Japanese politician, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan) (LDP; 1982–89), and prime minister of Japan (1982–87).       The son of a wealthy… …

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  • 94Western Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction       region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across… …

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  • 95Schism — • In the language of theology and canon law, the rupture of ecclesiastical union and unity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Schism     Schism      …

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  • 96Preparation for Death —     Preparation for Death     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Preparation for Death     ♦ The basic preparation for death     ♦ When should a priest be called?     ♦ Winding up our earthly affairs     ♦ Confession     ♦ Viaticum     ♦ Extreme Unction… …

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  • 97Clavier-Übung III — Johann Sebastian Bach, 1746 The Clavier Übung III, sometimes referred to as the German Organ Mass, is a collection of compositions for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, started in 1735–6 and published in 1739. It is considered to be Bach s most… …

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  • 98Coups d'état in Argentina — In Argentina there were six coups d état during the 20th century: in 1930, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1966 and 1976. The first four established interim dictatorships, while the last ones established dictatorship of permanent type on the model of a… …

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  • 99History of Crimea — Location of Crimea (dark green) with respect to Ukraine (light green) on a map of Europe Crimea, a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea and an autonomous republic under the jurisdiction of Ukraine, has a history of over 2000 years.… …

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  • 100MARI — MARI, one of the principal centers of Mesopotamia during the third and early second millennia B.C.E. The archaeological and epigraphical discoveries there are of prime significance for the history of Mesopotamia and Upper Syria. The Akkadian… …

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