social+manners

  • 71preschool education — Childhood education during the period from infancy to age five or six. Institutions for preschool education vary widely around the world, as do their names (e.g., infant school, day care, maternal school, nursery school, crèche, kindergarten).… …

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  • 72Davies, Robertson — ▪ 1996       Canadian writer (b. Aug. 28, 1913, Thamesville, Ont. d. Dec. 2, 1995, Orangeville, Ont.), was considered one of the finest and most important literary figures of his generation. Though his works comprised plays, essays, and criticism …

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  • 73essay — essayer, n. n. /es ay/ for 1, 2; /es ay, e say / for 3 5; v. /e say /, n. 1. a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative. 2. anything resembling such a… …

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  • 74The Adventures of Pinocchio — Infobox Book name = The Adventures of Pinocchio image caption=illustration from 1911 edition by Attilio Mussini author = Carlo Collodi illustrator = country = Italy language = Italian subject = genre = Fiction, Literature, Fantasy. Children s… …

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  • 75Rory Calhoun — Infobox actor name = Rory Calhoun imagesize = 250px caption = birthname = Francis Timothy McCown Durgin birthdate = birth date|1922|8|8|mf=y birthplace = city state|Los Angeles|California, U.S. deathdate = death date and… …

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  • 76Hillel Lichtenstein — Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein was a Hungarian rabbi; born at Vecsés 1815; died at Kolomea, Galicia (now Ukraine), May 18, 1891. After studying at the Yeshiva of the Chassam Sofer, he married in 1837 the daughter of a well to do resident of Galánta,… …

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  • 77Mount, William Sidney — born Nov. 26, 1807, Setauket, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 19, 1868, Setauket U.S. painter. He was apprenticed at 17 to his older brother as a sign painter. After studying drawing at the National Academy of Design, he painted historical subjects, but he… …

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  • 78World of Eberron — Eneko redirects here. For the Spanish triathlete, see Eneko Llanos. The World of Eberron consists of a number of features for the Eberron campaign setting for the Dungeons Dragons fantasy role playing game. Contents 1 Setting 1.1 Cosmology …

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  • 79skinship — n. Feelings of relatedness and affection between two people, particularly a mother and a child, caused by hugging, touching, and other forms of physical contact. Example Citation: Cathedrals of the Flesh, by Alexia Brue (Bloomsbury; $24.95). This …

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  • 80housebreak — transitive verb (housebroke; housebroken; breaking) Etymology: back formation from housebroken Date: 1938 1. to make housebroken 2. a. to teach acceptable social manners to b. tame, subdue …

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