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  • 1Poland — • Country in eastern Europe Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poland     Poland     † Cathol …

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  • 2adversity — n. Misfortune, calamity, affliction, trouble, suffering, woe, disaster, distress, misery, ill luck, bad luck, broken fortunes, hard life, frowns of fortune, reverses of fortune, hard times, ill fate, ills of life, a sea of troubles …

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  • 3Albert Augustus Pope — (May 20, 1843 ndash; August 10, 1909) was a Brevet Lieutenant Colonel who founded the Pope Manufacturing Company in 1877. cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Col. A.A. Pope Dies at Summer Home. Pioneer Bicycle Manufacturer s… …

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  • 4Christoph Ernst von Houwald — Ernst von Houwald Christoph Ernst, Freiherr von Houwald (German pronunciation: [ˈhuːvalt]; November 28, 1778 January 28, 1845) was a German dramatist and author. Contents …

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  • 5Life and Fate — infobox Book | name = Life and Fate title orig = translator = author = Vasily Grossman illustrator = cover artist = country = U.S.S.R. language = Russian series = genre = publisher = release date = media type = pages = isbn = preceded by =… …

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  • 6Samson Wertheimer — (January 17, 1658, Worms ndash; August 6, 1724, Vienna) was chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, and rabbi of Eisenstadt. He was also an Austrian financier, court Jew and Shtadlan to Austrian Emperor Leopold I.FamilyWertheimer was the son of… …

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  • 7Moydow — City Maigh Dumha   Town   …

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  • 9Gogol, Nikolay — ▪ Russian writer Introduction born March 19 [March 31, New Style], 1809, Sorochintsy, near Poltava, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now in Ukraine] died Feb. 21 [March 4], 1852, Moscow, Russia       Ukrainian born Russian humorist, dramatist, and… …

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  • 10Angelica Kauffman —     Angelica Kauffmann     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Angelica Kauffmann     Born at Coire, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, 30 October, 1741; died at Rome, 5 November, 1807. She was the pupil of her father, Johann Joseph, a painter of… …

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