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  • 101Bizet, Georges — orig. Alexandre César Léopold Bizet born Oct. 25, 1838, Paris, France died June 3, 1875, Bougival French composer. Son of a music teacher, he gained admission to the Paris Conservatoire at age 9, and at age 17 he wrote the precocious Symphony in… …

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  • 102Calderón de la Barca, Pedro — born Jan. 17, 1600, Madrid, Spain died May 25, 1681, Madrid Spanish playwright. He abandoned religious studies in 1623 to write plays for the court of Philip IV of Spain. His secular plays included The Surgeon of His Honour (1635), Life Is a… …

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  • 103Kean, Edmund — born March 17?, 1789, London, Eng. died May 15, 1833, London British actor. He acted with a touring stage company from 1805, and in 1814 he won acclaim in London with his innovative portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. He went on to… …

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  • 104children's literature — Body of written works produced to entertain or instruct young people. The genre encompasses a wide range of works, including acknowledged classics of world literature, picture books and easy to read stories, and fairy tales, lullabies, fables,… …

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  • 105Franck, César — ▪ French composer in full  César auguste Franck   born Dec. 10, 1822, Liège, Neth. died Nov. 8, 1890, Paris, France  Belgian French Romantic composer and organist who was the chief figure in a movement to give French music an emotional engagement …

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  • 106joint disease — Introduction       any of the diseases or injuries that affect human joints (joint). arthritis is no doubt the best known joint disease, but there are also many others. Diseases of the joints may be variously short lived or exceedingly chronic,… …

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  • 107Cruelty to Animals — • Includes sections on pagan, Old and New Testament, scholastic, and Catholic perspectives Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cruelty To Animals     Cruelty to Animals    …

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  • 108Cyst — A closed sac or capsule, usually filled with fluid or semisolid material. * * * 1. A bladder. 2. An abnormal sac containing gas, fluid, or a semisolid material, with a membranous lining. SEE ALSO: pseudocyst. [G. kystis, bladder] adventitious c.… …

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  • 109Nail — In medicine, there are two types of nails. One is just a plain old metal nail used to hold 2 or more pieces of bone together, for example, after a fracture. The other type of nail is the horny plate on the end of the finger or toe. Each nail… …

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  • 110SAPHO syndrome — is an eponym for a condition which is characterized by a combination of: Synovitis inflammation of the joint lining (synovium), typically manifest as warmth, tenderness, pain, swelling, and stiffness of involved joints (arthritis). Acne a… …

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