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  • 81List of atheists (music) — Music* Larry Adler (1914 ndash;2001): American musician, widely acknowledged as one of the world s most skilled harmonica players. [ I was among friends and family who packed a chapel at Golders Green crematorium on Friday to hear more than two… …

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  • 82River Song (Doctor Who) — Doctor Who character River Song Affiliated Tenth Doctor Eleventh Doctor Species Human with …

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  • 83List of Charmed characters — The triquetra symbol used frequently on Charmed to represent the Power of Three The following is a list of characters from the Charmed universe, including the Warner Bros. television series Charmed and its spin off material. The characters were… …

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  • 842 bore — The two bore or 2 bore is an obsolete firearm caliber. Specifications The two bore fired spherical balls or slugs of hardened lead or, in more modern cartridges, a solid bronze projectile. The gauge was 1.32 inches or 33.6 mm, and the projectiles …

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  • 85humanism — /hyooh meuh niz euhm/ or, often, /yooh /, n. 1. any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate. 2. devotion to or study of the humanities. 3. (sometimes cap.) the studies, principles, or culture… …

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  • 86Leonardo da Vinci — /lee euh nahr doh deuh vin chee, lay /; It. /le aw nahrdd daw dah veen chee/. 1452 1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist. * * * born April 15, 1452, Anchiano, Republic of Florence died May 2 …

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  • 87Cranmer, Thomas — born July 2, 1489, Aslacton, Nottinghamshire, Eng. died March 21, 1556, Oxford First Protestant archbishop of Canterbury. Educated at the University of Cambridge, he was ordained in 1523. He became involved in Henry VIII s negotiations with the… …

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  • 88Kant, Immanuel — born April 22, 1724, Königsberg, Prussia died Feb. 12, 1804, Königsberg German philosopher, one of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment. The son of a saddler, he studied at the university in Königsberg and taught there as privatdocent… …

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  • 89art conservation and restoration — Maintenance and preservation of works of art, their protection from future damage, deterioration, or neglect, and the repair or renovation of works that have deteriorated or been damaged. Research in art history has relied heavily on 20th and… …

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  • 90Degas, Edgar — ▪ French artist Introduction in full  Hilaire Germain Edgar De Gas  later  Degas  born July 19, 1834, Paris, France died September 27, 1917, Paris       French painter, sculptor, and printmaker who was prominent in the Impressionist… …

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