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111melancholy — melancholily, adv. melancholiness, n. /mel euhn kol ee/, n., pl. melancholies, adj. n. 1. a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression. 2. sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness. 3. Archaic. a. the condition of having too much… …
112performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
113Peter I — 1. ( the Great ), 1672 1725, czar of Russia 1682 1725. 2. (Peter Karageorgevich), 1844 1921, king of Serbia 1903 21. * * * I born с 903 died Jan. 30, 969 Tsar of Bulgaria (927–969). The second son of Simeon I, he inherited the throne on his… …
114quasi-sober — adj.; quasi soberly, adv. * * * …
115sober — soberingly, adv. soberly, adv. soberness, n. /soh beuhr/, adj., soberer, soberest, v. adj. 1. not intoxicated or drunk. 2. habitually temperate, esp. in the use of liquor. 3. quiet or sedate in demeanor, as persons. 4. mark …
116United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
117Calendar of 1996 — ▪ 1997 JANUARY JANUARY 1 King Fahd cedes power Still experiencing the effects of a stroke suffered in November 1995, Saudi Arabia s King Fahd, who also held the post of prime minister, ceded temporary power to Crown Prince Abdullah,… …
118English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
119Lenin, Vladimir Ilich — ▪ prime minister of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Introduction original name Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov born April 10 [April 22, New Style], 1870, Simbirsk, Russia died Jan. 21, 1924, Gorki [later Gorki Leninskiye], near Moscow founder of… …
120O'Neill, Eugene — ▪ American dramatist Introduction in full Eugene Gladstone O Neill born Oct. 16, 1888, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 27, 1953, Boston, Mass. foremost American dramatist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936. His… …
