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  • 41ambition — am•bi•tion [[t]æmˈbɪʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as wealth or fame, and the willingness to strive for it 2) the object or state desired or sought after: A theatrical career is her ambition[/ex] 3) …

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  • 42Quarrel — Quar rel, n. [OE. querele, OF. querele, F. querelle, fr. L. querela, querella, a complaint, fr. queri to complain. See {Querulous}.] 1. A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in… …

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  • 43To pick a quarrel — Quarrel Quar rel, n. [OE. querele, OF. querele, F. querelle, fr. L. querela, querella, a complaint, fr. queri to complain. See {Querulous}.] 1. A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism… …

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  • 44First Council of the Lateran — Ecumenical council council name=First Council of the Lateran council date=1123 accepted by=Catholicism previous=Fourth Council of Constantinople next=Second Council of the Lateran convoked by=Pope Calixtus II presided by=Pope Calixtus II… …

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  • 45James Monroe — For other people named James Monroe, see James Monroe (disambiguation). James Monroe 5th President of the United States In office March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825 …

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  • 46Nanking Massacre — Rape of Nanking redirects here. For Iris Chang s book, see The Rape of Nanking (book). Nankin Jiken redirects here. For the 1927 Nankin Jiken, see Nanjing Incident. Nanking Massacre Massacre victims on the shore of Yangtze River with a Japanese… …

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  • 47Ishmael (novel) — Ishmael   Recent paperback edition …

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  • 48Battle of Nanking — Part of the Second Sino Japanese War …

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  • 49Kol Nidre — (Aramaic: כל נדרי) is a Jewish prayer recited in the synagogue at the beginning of the evening service on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is written in Aramaic, not Hebrew. Its name is taken from the opening words, meaning All vows . Kol… …

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  • 50Orderic Vitalis — (Ordericus) (1075 – c. 1142) was an English chronicler of Norman ancestry who wrote one of the great contemporary chronicles of 11th and 12th century Normandy and Anglo Norman England. The modern biographer of Henry I of England, C. Warren… …

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