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  • 51Pope Sergius II —     Pope Sergius II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Sergius II     Date of birth unknown; consecrated in 844, apparently in January; d. 27 Jan., 847. He was of noble birth, and belonged to a family which gave two other popes to the Church.… …

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  • 52List of minor Blandings characters — Lists of P. G. Wodehouse characters Characters in all Wodehouse stories Characters in the Blandings stories Characters in the Drones Club stories Characters in the Jeeves stories Characters in the Mulliner stories Characters in the Ukridge… …

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  • 53escape — vb 1 Escape, flee, fly, decamp, abscond mean to run away especially from something which limits one s freedom or threatens one s well being. Escape so stresses the idea of flight from confinement or restraint that it very often conveys no… …

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  • 54Catius — Catius, an Epicurean philosopher, was a na­tive of Gallia Transpadana (Insuber), and composed a treatise in four books on the nature of things and on the chief good ( de Rerum Natura et de summo Bono ). Cicero, in a letter written in 45 BC,… …

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  • 55Jennifer Taylor (writer) — Infobox Writer imagesize = 150px name = Jennifer Taylor caption = pseudonym = birthdate = birth date and age|1949|01|01|mf=y birthplace = England deathdate = deathplace = occupation = Novelist nationality = British period = 1988 Present genre =… …

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  • 56Turin Palace Hotel (Turin) — Turin Palace Hotel country: Italy, city: Turin (City Centre: Railway Station) Turin Palace Hotel Since the Turin Palace Hotel opened in 1872, it has welcomed with efficiency and the highest levels of professionalism the most demanding guests… …

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  • 57Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme — ▪ French author born April 1, 1755, Belley, Fr. died Feb. 2, 1826, Paris       French lawyer, politician, and author of a celebrated work on gastronomy, Physiologie du goût (“The Physiology of Taste”).       He followed the family profession of… …

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  • 58Saint-Amant, Marc-Antoine Girard, sieur de — ▪ French poet born c. Sept. 30, 1594, Rouen, France died Dec. 29, 1661, Paris       one of the most original and interesting of French early 17th century poets and one of the first members of the French Academy.       The early poems of Saint… …

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  • 59Michael R. Dimock — Michael R. Dimock. Nationality American Occupation President, Roots of Change Michael R. Dimock is President of Roots of Change …

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  • 60trencher — n. 1. Platter (of wood), large plate. 2. Table, board. 3. Food, pleasures of the table …

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