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  • 121Geoffrey of Vinsauf — (fl. 1200) is a representative of the early medieval grammarian movement, termed preceptive grammar by James J. Murphy for its interest in teaching ars poetria (1971, vii ff.). Ars poetria is a subdivision of the grammatical art ( ars grammatica… …

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  • 122Kengir uprising — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Kengir uprising caption= date=16 May 1954 ndash; 25 June 1954 place=Kengir, Kazakh SSR result=Uprising supressed combatant1=Red Army MVD Gulag authorities combatant2=Kengir resistance commander1=Sergei Yegorov… …

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  • 123Costumbrismo — José Jiménez Aranda (1837–1903): The Bullring (1870) Costumbrismo (sometimes anglicized as Costumbrism) refers to the literary or pictorial interpretation of local everyday life, mannerisms, and customs, primarily in the Hispanic scene, and… …

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  • 124Wassily Kandinsky — Wassily Kandinsky, c. 1913 or earlier Birth name Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky Born 16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 Moscow …

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  • 125Alanis Obomsawin — (born August 31, 1932) is a Canadian filmmaker of Abenaki descent. Born in New Hampshire, and raised primarily in Quebec, she has produced and directed many National Film Board of Canada documentaries on First Nations culture and history. Her… …

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  • 126Etienne Bonnot de Condillac —     Etienne Bonnot de Condillac     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Etienne Bonnot de Condillac     A French philosopher, born at Grenoble, 30 September, 1715; died near Beaugency (Loiret), 3 August, 1780. He was the brother of the Abbé de Mably and… …

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  • 127Paul McDermott (comedian) — Infobox Comedian name = Paul McDermott imagesize = 220px caption = Paul McDermott (centre) with Tim Ferguson (left) and Richard Fidler as the Doug Anthony All Stars pseudonym = birth date = birth date and age|1962|5|13 birth place = Adelaide,… …

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  • 128Italian-American cuisine — (more simply known as Italian food in the United States) is the cuisine of Italian American immigrants and their descendents, who have modified Italian cuisine under the influence of American culture and immigration patterns of Italians to the… …

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