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1fribble — I. a. Trifling, frivolous, silly, fribbling, frippery. II. n. Trifler, frivolous fellow, fribbler, coxcomb. III. v. n. 1. Trifle, cavil feebly, play the fribble (r). 2. Totter …
2Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
3SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, JEWISH — Fantasy is a genre of literature in which realistic narratives are disrupted by unnatural or unexplainable events. The term Science Fiction (SF) emerged during the 1930s as a catchall descriptor for a publishing category with roots traceable to… …
4France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
5Edward Acevedo — Infobox State Representative name=Edward Acevedo state house=Illinois state=Illinois district=2nd term=1995 preceded= succeeded= date of birth=birth date and age|1963|07|23 place of birth=Chicago, Illinois date of death= place of death=… …
6Doctor Faustus (play) — The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Title page to a 1620 printing of Doctor Faustus showing Faustus conjuring Mephistophilis. Written by Christopher Marlowe …
7Manhattan Institute for Policy Research — Motto Turning Intellect into Influence Formation 1978 Type Public …
8performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
9Ernie Chambers — Senator Ernest W. Chambers Ernie Chambers Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 11th district In office 1971–2009 Preceded by George W Althouse Succeeded by …
10James Randi — Infobox Celebrity name = James Randi size = caption = birth name = Randall James Hamilton Zwinge birth date = birth date and age|1928|8|7 birth place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada death date = death place = occupation = Magician, skeptic, writer… …
