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  • 81marginalia — noun plural Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, neuter plural of marginalis Date: 1832 1. marginal notes or embellishments (as in a book) 2. nonessential items < the meat and marginalia of American politics Saturday Review > …

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  • 82deck — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dekke covering of a ship, from Middle Dutch *dec covering, probably from Middle Low German vordeck, from vordecken to cover, from vor for + decken to cover; akin to Old High German decchen to cover more at thatch …

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  • 83Algorithm — Flow chart of an algorithm (Euclid s algorithm) for calculating the greatest common divisor (g.c.d.) of two numbers a and b in locations named A and B. The algorithm proceeds by successive subtractions in two loops: IF the test B ≤ A yields yes&#8230; …

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  • 84Agathon — ( el. Ἀγάθων) (ca. 448 ndash;400 BC) was an Athenian tragic poet and friend of Euripides and Plato. He is best known for being mentioned by Aristophanes in his Thesmophoriazusae and for his appearance in Plato s Symposium, which describes the&#8230; …

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  • 85Auguste Rodin — (born François Auguste René Rodin; November 12, 1840–November 17, 1917) was a French artist, most famous as a sculptor. He was the preeminent French sculptor of his time, and remains one of the few sculptors widely recognized outside the visual&#8230; …

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  • 86Abba Arika — (175–247) (Talmudic Aramaic: tm. אבא אריכא) (born Abba bar Aybo) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora (commentator on the Oral Law) of the 3rd century who established at Sura the systematic study of the rabbinic&#8230; …

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  • 87Alcobaça — Infobox Municipality pt official name = Alcobaça image coat of arms = ACB1.png Region = Centro Subregion = Oeste District = Leiria Historic province = Estremadura Mayor name = José Sapinho Mayor party = PSD area total = 408.1 population total =&#8230; …

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  • 88Blues — This article is about the music genre. For other uses, see Blues (disambiguation). Blues Stylistic origins African American folk music Work song Spirituals Cultural origins Late 19th century, southern United States Typical instruments …

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  • 89Bagpipes — are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes …

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  • 90Charles Dickens — Dickens redirects here. For other uses, see Dickens (disambiguation). Charles Dickens …

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