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  • 61severe — severe, stern, austere, ascetic can all mean given to or characterized by strict discipline and firm restraint. Severe is applicable to persons and their looks, acts, thoughts, and utterances or to things (as laws, penalties, judgments, and… …

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  • 62Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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  • 63Flora of A Series of Unfortunate Events — Lemony Snicket s novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events mentions numerous plants and fungi. Though much of this flora is only described in passing potatoes, kudzu, the Royal Gardens, reptilian topiary, and the enormous trees of Dark Avenue… …

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  • 64ascète — [ asɛt ] n. • fin XVIIe; aschète 1580; bas lat. asceta; gr. askêtês « celui qui s exerce » 1 ♦ Relig. Personne qui pratique l ascétisme, s impose, par piété, des exercices de pénitence, des privations, des mortifications. ⇒ anachorète , cénobite …

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  • 65austèrement — [ ostɛrmɑ̃ ] adv. • 1212; de austère ♦ Littér. D une manière austère. Chambre austèrement meublée. ● austèrement adverbe De façon austère. ⇒AUSTÉREMENT, adv. Avec austérité. Vivre austèrement (Ac. 1798 1932) : • 1. ... il [l archevêque] ne… …

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  • 66V.F.D. — For other uses, see VFD (disambiguation). V.F.D. Volunteer Fire Department A Series of Unfortunate Events Motto The world is quiet here …

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  • 67Count Olaf — For the Danish prince, see Count Oluf of Rosenborg. Count Olaf A Series of Unfortunate Events character First appearance The Bad Beginning …

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  • 68Supporting characters in A Series of Unfortunate Events — This is a list of supporting characters in the children s book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.Major CharactersFionaFiona first appears when Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire enter the Queequeg in The Grim Grotto . She… …

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  • 69The Joy Formidable — est un groupe de rock originaire du Pays de Galles formé en 2007 et résidant actuellement à Londres. Il est composé de Ritzy Bryan (Chant/Guitare), Rhydian Dafydd (Chant/Basse) et Matt Thomas (Batterie), ce dernier ayant remplacé à ce poste… …

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  • 70painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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