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  • 101Spain — • This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions …

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  • 102Council of Constance —     Council of Constance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Constance     A (partly) ecumenical council held at Constance, now in the Grand Duchy of Baden, from 5 Nov., 1414, to 22 April, 1418. Its forty five general sessions were devoted… …

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  • 103University of Cambridge —     University of Cambridge     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► University of Cambridge     I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY     The obscurity which surrounds the ancient history of Cambridge makes it impossible to fix with any certainty the date of the… …

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  • 104BOUCAUT, Sir James Penn (1831-1916) — premier of South Australia and judge was born near Falmouth, Cornwall, on 29 October 1831. He was the son of a navy officer, Captain Ray Boucaut, and his wife, Winifred, daughter of James Penn, superintendent of the royal dockyard at Falmouth.… …

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  • 105May 1909 — January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December May 17, 1909: First Lady Nellie Taft suffers stroke …

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  • 106Mongolian gerbil — Mongolian Jird (Gerbil) Wild Gerbil in Mongolia Conservation status …

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  • 107Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous — The Wikipedia Reference Desk covering the topic of miscellaneous. Miscellaneous #eee #f5f5f5 #eee #aaa #aaa #aaa #00f #36b #000 #00f miscellaneous Wikipedia …

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  • 108polished — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Ciceronian, accomplished, adept, advanced, ameliorated, archetypical, beautified, bettered, buffed, burnished, chaste, civilized, classic, clear, complete, consummate, converted, courtly, cultivated, cultured,… …

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  • 109studious — Synonyms and related words: absorbed, absorbed in, abstruse, academic, advised, aforethought, assiduous, attentive, autodidactic, bookish, buried in, careful, caught up in, civilized, college bred, collegiate, considered, contemplating,… …

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  • 110BRADSHAW, JOHN —    president of the High Court of Justice for trial of Charles I., born at Stockport; bred for the bar; a friend of Milton; a thorough republican, and opposed to the Protectorate; became president of the Council on Cromwell s death; was buried in …

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