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  • 21September 1, 1939 — is a poem by W. H. Auden written on the occasion of the outbreak of World War II. It was first published in The New Republic , 18 October 1939, and was first published in book form in Auden s collection Another Time (1940). DescriptionThe poem… …

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  • 22David Wilkie (artist) — Self portrait of Sir David Wilkie aged about 20 Sir David Wilkie (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter. Contents 1 Early life …

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  • 23MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… …

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  • 24Dating — This article is about the form of courtship. For other uses, see Dating (disambiguation). Double Date redirects here. For the episode of How I Met Your Mother , see Double Date (How I Met Your Mother). For the episode of The Office , see Double… …

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  • 25Portrait painting — See Portrait for more about the general topic of portraits. Portrait painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to depict the visual appearance of the subject. Beside human beings, animals, pets and even inanimate objects can be chosen… …

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  • 26Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 27Morocco — Moroccan /meuh rok euhn/, adj., n. /meuh rok oh/, n. 1. French, Maroc. Spanish, Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone.… …

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  • 28Stanley Kubrick — Infobox Actor name = Stanley Kubrick imagesize = 300px caption = Self Portrait of Kubrick with a Leica III camera, when he worked for Look (from the book Drama and Shadows ). birthdate = July 26, 1928 location = New York City, New York, U.S.… …

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  • 29Europe, 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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  • 30James A. Mackay — James Alexander Mackay (November 21 1936, Inverness August 12 2007, Glasgow) was a Scottish writer and philatelist.His parents moved to Glasgow where he went to school and university.Interested in stamps and the postal system from an early age,… …

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