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  • 71Guinness, Sir Alec — ▪ 2001 Alec Guinness de Cuffe        British actor (b. April 2, 1914, Marylebone, London, Eng. d. Aug. 5, 2000, Midhurst, West Sussex, Eng.), was one of the 20th century s best known, most distinguished, and most versatile stage and screen… …

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  • 72Corot, Camille — ▪ French painter Introduction in full  Jean Baptiste Camille Corot  born July 16, 1796, Paris, France died February 22, 1875, Paris       French painter, noted primarily for his landscapes, who inspired and to some extent anticipated the… …

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  • 73Logau, Friedrich, Freiherr von — ▪ German writer (baron of),pseudonym  Salomon Von Golaw   born June 1604, Brockuth, near Nimptsch, Silesia [now in Poland] died July 24, 1655, Liegnitz [now Legnica, Poland]       German epigrammatist noted for his direct, unostentatious style.… …

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  • 74Rawsthorne, Alan — ▪ British composer born May 2, 1905, Haslingden, Lancashire, Eng. died July 24, 1971, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire       English composer best known for his finely structured orchestral and chamber music written in a restrained, unostentatious style …

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  • 75Roosevelt, Franklin D. — ▪ president of United States Introduction in full  Franklin Delano Roosevelt,  byname  FDR   born January 30, 1882, Hyde Park, New York, U.S. died April 12, 1945, Warm Springs, Georgia  32nd president of the United States (1933–45). The only… …

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  • 76Thyssen Family — ▪ German family       one of the world s wealthiest families, its fortune based on a vast iron and steel empire established in the late 19th century.       August Thyssen (b. May 17, 1842, Eschweiler, Westphalia d. April 4, 1926, Kettwig, Ger.),… …

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  • 77Augustus — • The name by which Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the first Roman emperor, in whose reign Jesus Christ was born, is usually known; born at Rome, 62 B.C.; died A.D. 14 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Augustus     Augustus …

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  • 78Baptists — • A Protestant denomination which exists chiefly in English speaking countries and owes its name to its characteristic doctrine and practice regarding baptism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baptists     Baptists …

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  • 79Cincinnati — • Archdiocese in the state of Ohio Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cincinnati     Cincinnati     † …

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  • 80Hairshirt — • A garment of rough cloth made from goats hair and worn in the form of a shirt or as a girdle around the loins, by way of mortification and penance Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hairshirt     Hairshirt …

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