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31Maulana Wahiduddin Khan — Infobox Writer name = Maulana Wahiduddin Khan birthdate = birth date|1925|01|01|df=y birthplace = Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India occupation = Islamic Spiritual Leader, Speaker and Author genre = Islamic literature, notableworks = God Arises (Al… …
32Stone, I(sidor) F(einstein) — Stone, I(sidor) F(einstein). 1907 1989. American journalist who championed liberal causes in I.F. Stone s Weekly (1953 1971). * * * orig. Isidor Feinstein born Dec. 24, 1907, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died June 18, 1989, Boston, Mass. U.S.… …
33Mann, Thomas — born June 6, 1875, Lübeck, Ger. died Aug. 12, 1955, near Zürich, Switz. German novelist and essayist, considered the greatest German novelist of the 20th century. After a brief period of office work, Mann devoted himself to writing, as had his… …
34Wei dynasty — ▪ Chinese history [386 534/535] Chinese in full (Pinyin) Bei Wei , or (Wade Giles romanization) Pei Wei , English Northern Wei , also called Tabgatch , or (Pinyin) Tuoba (AD 386–534/535), the longest lived and most powerful of the… …
35Radical chic — New York magazine photograph of Leonard Bernstein (seated at center), his wife Felicia Montealegre (left) and Don Cox (standing), Field Marshal of the Black Panther Party in the Bernsteins 13 room penthouse on Park Avenue in Manhattan, January 14 …
36Science and British philosophy: Boyle and Newton — G.A.J.Rogers INTRODUCTION Achievements in the natural sciences in the period from Nicholas Copernicus (1473– 1543) to the death of Isaac Newton (1642–1727) changed our whole understanding of the nature of the universe and of the ways in which we… …
37betrothal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. engagement. See marriage, promise. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. engagement, espousal, betrothing; see engagement 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. engagement, vow, pledge to marry. IV (Roget s… …
38engagement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. betrothal, obligation, promise, agreement, pledge; appointment, interview; occupation, employment; battle, action, skirmish, brush, encounter. See duty, business, contention, sociality, marriage. II… …
39wedding — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nuptials, wedlock, marriage ceremony, matrimony; see marriage 1 , union 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. marriage vows, nuptials, matrimony, espousal, holy wedlock, ceremony. When the blind lead the blind. George… …
40espouse — es|pouse [ıˈspauz] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: espouser, from Latin sponsus; SPOUSE] formal to support an idea, belief etc, especially a political one espouse a cause/policy etc ▪ He espoused a variety of scientific, social and… …
