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  • 51Santa Claus — Santa redirects here. For other uses, see Santa (disambiguation). For other uses, see Santa Claus (disambiguation). 188 …

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  • 52Henry James — Infobox Writer name = Henry James Jr. caption = Henry James in 1890 pseudonym = birthdate = Birth date|1843|4|15 birthplace = New York City deathdate = Death date and age|1916|2|28|1843|4|15 deathplace = London occupation = Novelist genre = Novel …

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  • 53Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church      …

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  • 54Mozart and scatology — Reproduction of the original manuscript of Mozart s canon Difficile Lectu . The words lectu mihi mars were intended to be heard as Leck du mich im Arsch , for which a relatively polite English rendering is kiss my arse . Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart… …

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  • 55Lao language — language name=Lao nativename=ພາສາລາວ, pʰaːsaː laːw familycolor=Tai Kadai states=Laos, Thailand, U.S., France, Canada, China, Australia speakers=5,225,552 (2006), roughly 20 million if Isan speakers are included. fam2=Kam Tai fam3=Be Tai fam4=Tai… …

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  • 56Shine (film) — Infobox Film name = Shine caption = original film poster. director = Scott Hicks producer = Jane Scott writer = Jan Sardi (screenplay) Scott Hicks (story) starring = Geoffrey Rush Noah Taylor Armin Mueller Stahl music = David Hirschfelder… …

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  • 57George Metesky — George P. Metesky (November 2 1903 ndash; May 23 1994), better known as the Mad Bomber, terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries and offices. Bombs were left in… …

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  • 58diplomacy — /di ploh meuh see/, n. 1. the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations. 2. the art or science of conducting such negotiations. 3. skill in managing negotiations, handling people, etc., so that there is… …

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  • 59Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 60nonfictional prose — Introduction       any literary work that is based mainly on fact, even though it may contain fictional elements. Examples are the essay and biography.       Defining nonfictional prose literature is an immensely challenging task. This type of… …

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