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  • 91Giambattista Marino — (also Giovan Battista Marino; 14 October 1569 25 March 1625) was an Italian poet who was born in Naples. He is most famous for his long epic L Adone .The Cambridge History of Italian Literature thought him to be one of the greatest Italian poets… …

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  • 92Tantra techniques (Vajrayana) — Tantra techniques in Vajrayana Buddhism are techniques used to attain Buddhahood. Vajrayana partially relies on various tantric techniques rooted in scriptures such as tantras and various tantric commentaries and treatises. The most important… …

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  • 93Chiropractic Canada — Canadian Chiropractic AssociationChiropracticThe word chiropractic combines the Greek words cheir (hand) and praxis (action) and means done by hand. Doctor of Chiropractic(DC) Chiropractors, also known as Doctors of Chiropractic, practice a drug… …

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  • 94Byzantium under the Komnenoi — Infobox Former Country native name = Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων conventional long name = Byzantine Empire common name = Byzantium year start = 1081 year end = 1185 date start = 4 April date end = 31 August event start = Coronation of Alexios I event end =… …

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  • 95Faceting machine — A faceting machine is broadly defined as any device that allows the user to place and polish facets onto a mineral specimen. Machines can range in sophistication from primitive jamb peg machines to highly refined, and highly expensive,… …

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  • 96Machu Picchu — /mah chooh peek chooh, pee chooh/ the site of an ancient Incan and pre Incan city, about 7000 ft. (2130 m) above sea level in the Andes, in S central Peru. * * * Ancient fortress city of the Incas in the Andes Mountains, south central Peru.… …

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  • 97railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …

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  • 98Desiderio da Settignano — born с 1430, Settignano, republic of Florence died January 1464, Florence Italian sculptor. Born into a family of stonemasons, he entered the Stone and Wood Carvers Guild of Florence in 1453. He based his style on Donatello s work of the 1430s,… …

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  • 99Chevron Richmond Refinery — Image showing the refinery and the marshlands in the background; Point Richmond in the foreground. The Chevron Richmond Refinery is a 2,900 acre (12 km2) petroleum refinery in Richmond, California, on San Francisco Bay.[1] It is …

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  • 100Cultural references to absinthe — The legacy of absinthe as a mysterious, addictive, and mind altering drink continues to this day. Though its psychoactive effects and chemical makeup are contested, its cultural impact is not. Absinthe has played a notable role in the fine art… …

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