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  • 1Subtle — Sub tle, a. [Compar. {Subtler}; superl. {Subtlest}.] [OE. sotil, subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Subtile}.] 1.… …

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  • 2Subtler — Subtle Sub tle, a. [Compar. {Subtler}; superl. {Subtlest}.] [OE. sotil, subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Subtile} …

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  • 3Subtlest — Subtle Sub tle, a. [Compar. {Subtler}; superl. {Subtlest}.] [OE. sotil, subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Subtile} …

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  • 4Glorious First of June — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Glorious First of June partof=the French Revolutionary Wars caption= Lord Howe s action, or the Glorious First of June Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1795 date=1 June 1794 place=Atlantic Ocean,… …

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  • 5Vampire films — the Blood Countess has also been an influence. By 2005, Dracula had been the subject of more films than any other fictional character. History The earliest cinematic vampires in such films as The Vampire (1913), directed by Robert G. Vignola,… …

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  • 6Akimov, Nikolay Pavlovich — ▪ Russian stage designer born April 16 [April 3, Old Style], 1901, Kharkov, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine] died Sept. 6, 1968, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.  scenic designer and producer, known for the diversity of his bold experiments …

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  • 7Henry B. Brown and John M. Harlan: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) — ▪ Primary Source       By 1896 segregation in railway cars was in effect in all Southern states. In an effort to test the constitutionality of Louisiana s segregation laws, Homer A. Plessy, who was only one eighth African American and could… …

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  • 8Fable —    Applied in the New Testament to the traditions and speculations, cunningly devised fables , of the Jews on religious questions (1 Tim. 1:4; 4:7; 2 Tim. 4:4; Titus 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:16). In such passages the word means anything false and unreal.… …

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  • 92 Peter 1 — 1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God,… …

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  • 10fable — The description in AV for fictitious ‘old wives’ tales (1 Tim. 4:7); called ‘cunningly devised’ (2 Pet. 1:16). NRSV, REB, and NJB prefer the translation ‘myths’ but this adds to the difficulty of rescuing the use of ‘myth’ by modern theologians… …

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