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  • 51well — well1 /wel/, adv., adj., compar. better, superl. best, interj., n. adv. 1. in a good or satisfactory manner: Business is going well. 2. thoroughly, carefully, or soundly: to shake well before using; listen well. 3. in a …

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  • 52Engels, Friedrich — born Nov. 28, 1820, Barmen, Rhine Province, Prussia died Aug. 5, 1895, London, Eng. German socialist philosopher. Son of a factory owner, he eventually became a successful businessman himself, never allowing his criticism of capitalism to… …

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  • 53Blair, Bonnie Kathleen — ▪ 1995       After her career topping performances in 1994, U.S. speed skater Bonnie Blair was hailed as the most successful American woman in Olympic Games history. At 19 she first gained acclaim by winning the world overall short track title in …

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  • 54technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …

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  • 55History of Christianity in Zambia — Christianity has been very much at the heart of the narrative the Zambian region since the European colonial explorations into the interior of Africa in the mid 19th century. The area features heavily in the accounts of David Livingstone s… …

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  • 56Klemens von Metternich — Metternich redirects here. For other uses, see Metternich (disambiguation). Klemens Wenzel von Metternich Portrait of Prince Metternich (c. 1825) by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Prince of Metternich …

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  • 572005 English cricket season (8–30 April) — See also: 2005 English cricket season for a full summary of the season The 2005 English cricket season started early, on 8 April, with MCC playing the Champion County, or at least it would have done if the rain hadn t delayed the start till the… …

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  • 58Questions of Truth —   Author(s) Polkinghorne, John Beale, Nicholas …

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  • 59Southland (TV series) — Southland An intertitle from the series Genre Police procedural, drama Starring …

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  • 60Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship — Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, is the most popular alternative candidate for the author behind the alleged pseudonym, Shakespeare. Unknown artist after lost original, 1575; National Portrait Gallery, London. The Oxfordian theory of… …

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