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41Leopardi, Giacomo — born June 29, 1798, Recanati, Papal States died June 14, 1837, Naples Italian poet, scholar, and philosopher. Congenitally deformed, he suffered throughout his life from chronic ailments and frustrated hopes. His usually pessimistic poetry is… …
42Sicilian Vespers — • The traditional name given to the insurrection which broke out at Palermo on Easter Tuesday, 31 March, 1282, against the domination of Charles of Anjou Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sicilian Vespers Sicilian Vesp …
43Clement Clerke — Sir Clement Clerke, 1st Baronet (died 1693) was an important (but financially unsuccessful) English entrepreneur, whose greatest achievement was the application of the reverberatory furnace (cupola) to smelting lead and copper, and to remelting… …
44Romanian submarine Delfinul — Delfinul submarine in 2008 Career (Romania) …
45Haj Amin al-Husseini — al Husseini in 1929. Grand Mufti of Jerusalem In office 1921–1948 Preceded by …
46scrape the barrel — v. be compelled to use one s last resource (when a person has exhausted his resources) …
47aground — ad. 1. Ashore, not afloat, stranded. 2. Stranded, brought to a stop (for ideas, means, etc.), exhausted in resources, run out …
48running on empty — exhausted of all one s resources or sustenance …
49international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
50United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
