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  • 61impuissance — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from in + puissance puissance, power Date: 15th century weakness, powerlessness …

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  • 62inactive — adjective Date: 1664 not active: as a. (1) sedentary (2) indolent, sluggish b. (1) being out of use (2) relating to or being members of the armed forces who are not performing or available for military duties (3) of a disease quiescent …

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  • 63paralysis — noun (plural paralyses) Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from paralyein to loosen, disable, from para + lyein to loosen more at lose Date: 1525 1. complete or partial loss of function especially when involving the motion or sensation in a part of… …

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  • 64powerless — adjective Date: 15th century 1. devoid of strength or resources < powerless victims > 2. lacking the authority or capacity to act < was powerless to help > • powerlessly adverb • powerlessness noun …

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  • 65prostration — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the act of assuming a prostrate position b. the state of being in a prostrate position ; abasement 2. a. complete physical or mental exhaustion ; collapse b. the process of being made powerless or the condition of&#8230; …

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  • 66A Vindication of the Rights of Woman — A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the eighteenth century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft&#8230; …

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  • 67The Birth of a Nation — Infobox Film name = The Birth of a Nation image size = 215px caption = theatrical poster director = D. W. Griffith producer = D. W. Griffith Harry Aitken [ [http://www.cobbles.com/simpp archive/dwgriffith.htm D. W. Griffith: Hollywood Independent …

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  • 68Charlemagne — For other uses, see Charlemagne (disambiguation). Charlemagne Rex Francorum (King of the Franks) Rex Longobardorum (King of the Lombards) Imperator Romanorum (Emperor of the Romans) …

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  • 69Constantine I — Infobox Roman emperor title = Emperor of the Roman Empire name=Constantine I full name =Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus caption =Head of Constantine s colossal statue at the Capitoline Museums reign =25 July 306 ndash; 29 October 312&#8230; …

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  • 70Stephen Donaldson (activist) — Stephen Donaldson Stephen Donaldson, July 1995 Born Robert Anthony Martin, Jr July 27, 1946(1946 07 27) Utica, New York, U.S. Died July 18, 19 …

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