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  • 101Yellow Jack — Jack Jack (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You… …

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  • 102Dmitri Shostakovich — Shostakovich redirects here. For the conductor and son of Dmitri Shostakovich, see Maxim Shostakovich. Dmitri Shostakovich in 1942 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich Russian pronunciation: [dmʲitrij ˌdmʲitrɪjevʲiʨ ʂɨstɐˈkɔvʲɪʨ] (Russian:… …

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  • 103Charles Sumner — For other people named Charles Sumner, see Charles Sumner (disambiguation). Charles Sumner Daguerreotype of Senator Sumner, 1855 United States Senator from Massachusetts …

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  • 104John Still — (c. 1543 February 26, 1608), bishop of Bath and Wells, formerly reputed to be the author of Gammer Gurton s Needle , was born about 1543 at Grantham, Lincolnshire.He became a student of Christ s College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA in …

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  • 105Reiner Hartenstein — (born December 18, 1934 in Berlin) is a German computer scientist. He is a professor of Computer Science (Informatik) at the University of Kaiserslautern. He earned all his academic degrees, including his Ph. D. (Dr. Ing.), from the EE department …

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  • 106Theaker Wilder — (c.1717 ndash; c.1778) was the first Regius Professor of Greek and Senior Register at Trinity College, Dublinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regius Professor of Greek %28Trinity%29] and became famous for being Oliver Goldsmith s tutorThe Cambridge… …

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  • 107Jagdish Shukla — Jagdish Shukla(born 1944) is an Indian meteorologist and Distinguished University Professor at George Mason University in the United States.Early yearsDr. Shukla was born in 1944 in a small village (Mirdha) in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh …

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  • 108ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …

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  • 109Myanmar — /muy ahn mah/, n. Union of, official name of Burma. * * * I or Burma officially Union of Myanmar Country, Southeast Asia, on the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Area: 261,228 sq mi (676,577 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 42,238,000. Capital:… …

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  • 110ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

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