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  • 41Leninism — /len euh niz euhm/, n. the form of Communism as taught by Lenin, with emphasis on the dictatorship of the proletariat. [1915 20; LENIN + ISM] * * * Principles expounded by Vladimir Ilich Lenin to guide the transition of society from capitalism to …

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  • 42Indo-China — • The most easterly of the three great peninsulas of Southern Asia, is bounded on the north by the mountains of Assam, the Plateau of Yun nan, and the mountains of Kwang si; on the east by the province of Kwang si (Canton), the Gulf of Tong king …

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  • 43Uruguay — • The smallest independent state in South America Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Uruguay     Uruguay     † …

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  • 44HISTORIOGRAPHY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the bible second temple period chronicles of the jews early middle ages spanish and portuguese sixteenth to the seventeenth centuries systematic histories early studies the wissenschaft …

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  • 45Terang Bulan — was a famous song during the late 19th century in the French occupied territories in the Indian Ocean.The song was composed by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780 1857), a French lyricist. It became a popular French melody, and was prominent on the… …

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  • 46Watten —    WATTEN, a parish, in the county of Caithness, 10 miles (W. N. W.) from Wick; containing 1266 inhabitants. This place originally formed part of the parish of Bower, from which it was separated about the year 1638; it is situated nearly in the… …

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  • 47resupination — n. state of being bent or folded backward; state of being inverted, state of being upside down (Botany) …

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  • 48Michael Lunin — Lunin in 1822 Mikhail Sergeyevich Lunin (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Лунин; December 29, 1787 December 3, 1845 ) was a Russian political philosopher, revolutionary, Mason , Decembrist , a Lieutenant of Grodno Life Guards regiment and a participant… …

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  • 49Auchterarder —    AUCHTERARDER, a town, the seat of a presbytery, and a parish, in the county of Perth, 54½ miles (N. W.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Borland Park and Smithyhaugh, 3434 inhabitants, of whom 2068 are in the town. This place… …

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  • 50Stair —    STAIR, a parish, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr, 4½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Mauchline; containing 823 inhabitants. This place was erected into a parish in the year 1673, for the accommodation of the family of Dalrymple, of Stair, who… …

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