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  • 61Gressly — Amanz Gressly in den 1860er Jahren Amanz Gressly (* 17. Juli 1814 in Bärschwil; † 13. April 1865 in Bern) war ein Schweizer Geologe und Paläontologe. Auf Gressly geht die Verwendung des Begriffs Fazies in der Geologie zurück, er …

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  • 62unostentatiously — See unostentatious. * * * …

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  • 63discreet — discreetly, adv. discreetness, n. /di skreet /, adj. 1. judicious in one s conduct or speech, esp. with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect. 2. showing prudence and… …

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  • 64inconspicuous — inconspicuously, adv. inconspicuousness, n. /in keuhn spik yooh euhs/, adj. not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent. [1615 25; < L inconspicuus. See IN 3, CONSPICUOUS] Syn. unnoticeable, unobtrusive, unostentatious. * * * …

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  • 65plain — plain1 plainly, adv. plainness, n. /playn/, adj., plainer, plainest, adv., n. adj. 1. clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view. 2. clear to the mind; evident, manifest, or obvious: to make one s&#8230; …

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  • 66Portugal — /pawr cheuh geuhl, pohr /; Port. /pawrdd too gahl /, n. a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 9,867,654; 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Cap.: Lisbon. * * * Portugal&#8230; …

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  • 67Blake, William — born Nov. 28, 1757, London, Eng. died Aug. 12, 1827, London English poet, painter, engraver, and visionary. Though he did not attend school, he was trained as an engraver at the Royal Academy and opened a print shop in London in 1784. He&#8230; …

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  • 68Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von — born Aug. 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe Weimar German poet, novelist, playwright, and natural philosopher. In 1773 Goethe provided the Sturm und Drang movement with its first major drama, Götz von Berlichingen, and …

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  • 69MacArthur, Douglas — born Jan. 26, 1880, Little Rock, Ark., U.S. died April 5, 1964, Washington, D.C. U.S. general. Son of Gen. Arthur MacArthur (1845–1912), he graduated from West Point, of which he became superintendent (1919–22). He rose through the ranks to&#8230; …

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  • 70Moore, Henry — born July 30, 1898, Castleford, Eng. died Aug. 31, 1986, Much Hadham English sculptor and graphic artist. The son of a coal miner, he was enabled to study at the Royal College of Art by a rehabilitation grant after being wounded in World War I.&#8230; …

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