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81vulgarity — /vul gar i tee/, n., pl. vulgarities. 1. the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark. 2. something vulgar, as an act or expression. [1570 80; < LL vulgaritas commonness, the public. See VULGAR, ITY] Syn. 1. tastelessness,… …
82Quetelet, (Lambert) Adolphe (Jacques) — born Feb. 22, 1796, Ghent, Belg. died Feb. 17, 1874, Brussels Belgian statistician, sociologist, and astronomer. He is known for his application of statistics and the theory of probability to social phenomena. He collected and analyzed government …
83Richardson, Tony — orig. Cecil Antonio Richardson born June 5, 1928, Shipley, Yorkshire, Eng. died Nov. 14, 1991, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. British director. With the English Stage Co. he won acclaim with John Osborne s Look Back in Anger (1956), and he led the… …
84Bedny, Demyan — ▪ Soviet poet byname of Yefim Alekseyevich Pridvorov born April 13 [April 1, Old Style], 1883, Gubovka, Ukraine, Russian Empire died May 25, 1945, Barvikha, near Moscow Soviet poet known both for his verses glorifying the Revolution of… …
85Islāmic world — Introduction prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islām is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to 40 countries, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and along a belt that stretches across northern… …
86theatre, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of the Western theatre from its origins in pre Classical antiquity to the present. For a discussion of drama as a literary form, see dramatic literature and the articles on individual national literatures.… …
87Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present. Like… …
88English Literature — • Latin, French, Italian, Greek, and Spanish literatures are a few of the influences Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. English Literature English Literature …
89Marianus of Florence — • A Friar Minor and historian, born at Florence about the middle of the fifteenth century, exact date of birth uncertain; died there, 20 July, 1523 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Marianus of Florence Marianus of …
90Apocalypse — Apocalypse † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Apocalypse Apocalypse, from the verb apokalypto, to reveal, is the name given to the last book in the Bible. It is also called the Book of Revelation. Although a Christian work, the Apocalypse… …
