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  • 71animal learning — ▪ zoology Introduction       the alternation of behaviour as a result of individual experience. When an organism can perceive and change its behaviour, it is said to learn.       That animals can learn seems to go without saying. The cat that… …

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  • 72Caryophyllales — ▪ plant order Introduction   pink or carnation order of dicotyledonous flowering plants. The order includes 33 families, which contain more than 11,000 species in 692 genera. Nearly half of the families are very small, with less than a dozen… …

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  • 73death rite — ▪ anthropology Introduction       any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed at the time of death and burial.       Throughout history and in every human society, the disposal of the dead has been given special significance. The practice was… …

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  • 74Maupassant, Guy de — ▪ French writer Introduction in full  Henry René Albert Guy de Maupassant   born August 5, 1850, Château de Miromesnil?, near Dieppe, France died July 6, 1893, Paris  French naturalist writer of short stories and novels who is by general… …

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  • 75Astronomy in the Bible — • Includes examples of Old and New Testament references Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Astronomy in the Bible     Astronomy in the Bible      …

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  • 76Ireland — • Ireland lies in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ireland     Ireland     † …

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  • 77Marcus Aurelius Antoninus — • Second century Roman emperor and philosopher Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus     Marcus Aurelius Antoninus      …

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  • 78Will — • This article discusses will in its psychological aspect Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Will     Will     † …

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  • 79St. Athanasius —     St. Athanasius     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Athanasius     Bishop of Alexandria; Confessor and Doctor of the Church; born c. 296; died 2 May, 373. Athanasius was the greatest champion of Catholic belief on the subject of the Incarnation… …

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  • 80St. Paul —     St. Paul     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Paul     I. PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS     A. Apocryphal Acts of St. Paul     Professor Schmidt has published a photographic copy, a transcription, a German translation, and a commentary of a Coptic… …

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