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  • 111hard — /hahrd/, adj., harder, hardest, adv., harder, hardest, n. adj. 1. not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish;… …

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  • 112Istanbul — /is tahn boohl , tan ; is tahn bool , tan /; Turk. /is tahm bool/, n. a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire;… …

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  • 113laborious — laboriously, adv. laboriousness, n. /leuh bawr ee euhs, bohr /, adj. 1. requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking. 2. characterized by or requiring extreme care and much attention to detail: laborious research. 3.… …

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  • 114toilful — toilfully, adv. /toyl feuhl/, adj. characterized by or involving toil; laborious; toilsome. [1590 1600; TOIL1 + FUL] * * * …

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  • 115Calvin Coolidge: The Destiny of America — ▪ Primary Source              Calvin Coolidge was a Vermont Yankee, thrifty, conservative, almost puritanical in his zeal for the old fashioned virtues. Vice President under Harding, Coolidge gave a Memorial Day Address in 1923, the simple,… …

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  • 116Adam — • First man and father of the human race Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Adam     Adam     † …

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  • 117Bathurst — • Diocese situated in New South Wales, Australia, in the ecclesiastical Province of Sydney Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bathurst     Bathurst      …

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  • 118Dogmatic Theology — • That part of theology which treats of the theoretical truths of faith concerning God and His works Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dogmatic Theology     Dogmatic Theology …

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  • 119New Orleans — • Archdiocese in the southern United States Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. New Orleans     New Orleans     † …

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  • 120Peter the Hermit — • Article on a man wrongly named by later writers as the instigator of the Crusades. In later life, Peter founded an abbey. He died in 1115 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Peter the Hermit     Peter the Hermit …

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