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  • 81Alternative comedy — is a style of comedy that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and 1980s [ [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/26/45/26 45piehole.html The Brooklyn Paper: SERIOUS FUN ] ] which would eventually go on to become mainstream in the… …

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  • 82House on the Rock — The House on the Rock is a complex of architecturally unique rooms, streets, gardens and shops designed by Alex Jordan, Jr. Located in Spring Green, Wisconsin, it is a regional tourist attraction. Overview The house itself was begun in the 1940s… …

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  • 83Martin van Marum — by Charles Howard Hodges …

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  • 84Cassiobury Park — is the principal public open space in Watford, Hertfordshire, in England. It comprises over convert|190|acre|km2 and extends from the A412 Rickmansworth Road in the east to the Grand Union Canal in the west.The area occupied by the park and the… …

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  • 85Yosef Tunkel — (1881–August 9, 1949) was a Jewish–Belarusian–American writer of poetry and humorous prose in Yiddish commonly known by the pen name Der Tunkeler or The dark one in Yiddish.[1] Born into the family of a poor teacher in Babruysk (in Belarus, then… …

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  • 86Jusepe de Ribera —     Jusepe de Ribera     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jusepe de Ribera     Called also SPAGNOLETTO, L ESPAGNOLET (the little Spaniard)     Painter born at Jativa, 12 Jan., 1588; died at Naples, 1656. Fantastic accounts have been given of his early… …

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  • 87Montana City, Colorado — reconstructed cabin and mine headframe at site of Montana City Montana City was the first settlement in what was later to become Denver, Colorado. It was established during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush on the east bank of the South Platte River, just …

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  • 88East End — Pour les articles homonymes, voir East End (homonymie). 51°31′N 0°03′W / …

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  • 89Strasbourg Cathedral — s west facade, viewed from Rue Mercière Record height Tallest in the world from 1647 to 1874 …

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  • 90Homo unius libri — (Latin, meaning man of one book ) is a phrase that is generally attributed to Thomas Aquinas.[1] According to a literary tradition at least three centuries old,[2] Saint Thomas Aquinas is reputed to have employed the phrase hominem unius libri …

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