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  • 81Allingham, Margery — ▪ British author born May 20, 1904, London, Eng. died June 30, 1966, Colchester, Essex       British detective story writer of unusual subtlety, wit, and imaginative power, who created the bland, bespectacled, keen witted Albert Campion, one of… …

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  • 82Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin      …

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  • 83Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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  • 84Martin Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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  • 85unheimlich — adjective /ʊnˈhaɪmlɪx/ Weird, uncanny. Werfner, damn him, keen witted but unheimlich, is obsessed with railway lines …

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  • 86List of Star Wars species (A–E) — Contents 1 Abyssin 2 Aleena 3 Amanin 4 Ansionian …

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  • 87tricky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ticklish, intricate; deceitful, evasive, artful, shifty. See deception. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sly] Syn. wily, crafty, foxy; see sly 1 . 2. [Shrewd] Syn. clever, sharp, keen witted; see… …

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  • 88THE MIDDLE AGES — …

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  • 89RABBA BEN MATNAH — (late fourth–early fifth century), Babylonian amora. The Talmud relates that he was a pupil of rabbah and sheshet and a colleague of > and Ḥanina (Pes. 34a). On the death of R. Joseph he was a candidate, together with Abbaye, Rava, and Zera II,… …

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  • 90dull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsharp, blunt; deadened, numb; stupid; tedious, uninteresting, boring; spiritless, vapid, vacuous; dead, lifeless; sluggish, listless, lethargic; lackluster, dim, cloudy, obscure, stale, jaded. v.… …

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