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  • 61Florence Cook — Florence Eliza Cook (née le 3 juin 1856[N 1] à Cobham dans le Kent et décédée le 22 avril 1904 à Londres) était une médium anglaise célèbre pour avoir été la première Britannique à réaliser une « matérialisation… …

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  • 62respectabiliser — [ rɛspɛktabilize ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1985; de respectable ♦ Rendre respectable; donner un air respectable à. « cette courtoisie sucrée qui respectabilise l invité et déroute le spectateur lambda » (Le Nouvel Observateur, 1990).… …

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  • 63ANTISEMITISM — ANTISEMITISM, a term coined in 1879, from the Greek ἁντί = anti, and Σημ = Semite by the German agitator wilhelm marr to designate the then current anti Jewish campaigns in Europe. Antisemitism soon came into general use as a term denoting all… …

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  • 64The Outsiders (American band) — Infobox musical artist | Name = The Outsiders Img capt = The Outsiders (1966) Img size = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Cleveland, Ohio Genre = Rock and roll Garage rock Years active = 1965 1968 Label = Capitol Records Associated… …

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  • 65re|spect´a|ble|ness — re|spect|a|ble «rih SPEHK tuh buhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. worthy of respect; having a good reputation; honest and decent: »Respectable citizens obey the laws. His parents were poor but respectable people. SYNONYM(S): estimable. 2. fairly… …

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  • 66re|spect|a|ble — «rih SPEHK tuh buhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. worthy of respect; having a good reputation; honest and decent: »Respectable citizens obey the laws. His parents were poor but respectable people. SYNONYM(S): estimable. 2. fairly good; moderate in… …

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  • 67Franceway Ranna Cossitt — (April 24, 1790 February 3, 1863) was an early Cumberland Presbyterian Minister and the first stated clerk of the Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly in 1829. Was also the founder of Cumberland College in Princeton Kentucky, in 1825, which… …

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  • 68Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 69vénérable — [ venerabl ] adj. et n. • 1200; lat. venerabilis ♦ Littér. ou plaisant Digne de vénération. « Un vénérable vieillard orné d un cornet acoustique » (Martin du Gard). Par ext. D un âge vénérable : très vieux. ⇒ respectable. Cette vénérable… …

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  • 70decent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. decorous, chaste, pure in heart; acceptable, reasonable, tolerable; virtuous, modest, respectable. See probity, repute, modesty.Ant., gross, indecent, unseemly. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In… …

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