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  • 71Santa Casa di Loreto (Holy House of Loreto) —     Santa Casa di Loreto     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Santa Casa di Loreto     (The Holy House of Loreto).     Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the Holy House of Loreto has been numbered among the most famous shrines of… …

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  • 72Accident — • The obvious division of things into the stable and the unstable Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Accident     Accident     † …

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  • 73James Lowther (1840-1904) — James Lowther, DL, JP (1 September 1840 – 12 September 1904) was an English Conservative politician and sportsman, the younger son of Sir Charles Lowther, 3rd Baronet and Isabella Morehead.He was educated at Westminster School and took a BA from… …

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  • 74Don Starkell — (born December 7, 1932) is a Canadian adventurer, diarist and author. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he had a difficult childhood including an abusive father, four and a half years in an orphanage, and later with a foster family in North Kildonan.… …

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  • 75bay — I. /beɪ / (say bay) noun 1. a recess or inlet in the shore of a sea or lake between two capes or headlands, not as large as a gulf but larger than a cove. 2. a recess of land, partly surrounded by hills or woods. 3. US an arm of a prairie,… …

  • 76Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …

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  • 77UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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  • 78arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… …

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  • 79Bulgaria — /bul gair ee euh, bool /, n. a republic in SE Europe. 8,652,745; 42,800 sq. mi. (110,850 sq. km). Cap.: Sofia. * * * Bulgaria Introduction Bulgaria Background: The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in …

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  • 80India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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