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  • 71Danny Deever — Rudyard Kipling Danny Deever is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling, one of the first of the Barrack Room Ballads. It received wide critical and popular acclaim, and is often regarded as one of the most significant pieces of Kipling s early verse.… …

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  • 72china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 73China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 74Cato the Elder — Marcus Porcius Cato Maior, Cato the Elder Marcus Porcius Cato[1] (234 BC, Tusculum – 149 BC) was a Roman statesman, commonly referred to as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Major, Cato the El …

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  • 75Sam Watkins — Samuel “Sam” Rush Watkins (June 26, 1839 – July 20, 1901) was a noted Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. He is known today for his memoir Company Aytch: Or, a Side Show of the Big Show, often heralded as one of the best primary… …

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  • 76Epaminondas — Infobox Military Person name= Epaminondas caption= Epaminondas allegiance= Thebes rank= commands= nickname= lived= ca. 418 BC ndash; 362 BC placeofbirth= placeofdeath= laterwork= battles= Battle of Leuctra, Battle of Mantinea… …

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  • 77Union (American Civil War) — Map of the division of the states during the Civil War. Blue represents Union states, including those admitted during the war; light blue represents Union states which permitted slavery (border states); red represents Confederate states. White or …

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  • 78The Tinder Box — Infobox Book | name = The Tinder Box title orig = Fyrtøiet translator = Charles Boner image caption = Illustration by Vilhelm Pedersen author = Hans Christian Andersen country = Denmark language = Danish series = genre = Fairy tale published in …

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  • 79war, law of — Introduction       that part of international law dealing with the inception, conduct, and termination of warfare. Its aim is to limit the suffering caused to combatants and, more particularly, to those who may be described as the victims of war… …

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  • 80Jakob Walter — (September 28, 1788 ndash; August 3, 1864) was a German soldier and chronicler of the Napoleonic Wars. In his later years, he wrote an account of his service in the Grande Armée, including a detailed account of his participation in the campaign… …

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