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  • 61prospérité — [ prɔsperite ] n. f. • prosperitet 1120; lat. prosperitas, de prosperus 1 ♦ État heureux, situation favorable d une personne quant au physique (⇒ bien être, santé), à la fortune (⇒ fortune, richesse, succès) et aux agréments qui en découlent (⇒… …

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  • 62adverse — 01. [Adverse] weather conditions are making it difficult for rescuers to reach a sinking ship off the coast of British Columbia. 02. Mexico s economy has been [adversely] affected by the recession in the U.S. 03. The governor has received a great …

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  • 63misfortune — misfortune, mischance, adversity, mishap are comparable when they denote bad luck or adverse fortune or an instance of this. Misfortune is both the most common and the most general term; it is applicable equally to the incident or conjunction of… …

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  • 64Thomas Carlyle — This article is about writer. For Irvingite, see Thomas Carlyle (Scottish lawyer). Thomas Carlyle Photo by Elliott Fry circa 1860s Born 4 December 1795(1795 12 04) Ecclefec …

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  • 65Chung-Ang University — 중앙대학교 Motto Live in Truth, Live for Justice Established April, 1918 Type Private President Kookshin Ahn Academ …

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  • 66Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …

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  • 67Aristippus — ( el. Ἀρίστιππος) of Cyrene, (c. 435 c. 356 BCE), was the founder of the Cyrenaic school of Philosophy. [Although the systemization of the Cyrenaic philosophy is generally placed with his grandson Aristippus the Younger.] He was a pupil of… …

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  • 68Hungary — /hung geuh ree/, n. a republic in central Europe. 9,935,774; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Cap.: Budapest. Hungarian, Magyarország. * * * Hungary Introduction Hungary Background: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro Hungarian Empire, which… …

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  • 69SHALOM ALEICHEM — (Sholem Aleykhem; narrative persona and subsequent pseudonym of Sholem Rabinovitsh (Rabinovitz); 1859–1916), Yiddish prose writer and humorist born on February 18, 1859 (old style; March 2, new style), in Pereyaslav (today: Pereyaslav… …

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  • 70Second Polish Republic — Infobox Former Country native name = Rzeczpospolita Polska Republika Polska conventional long name =Republic of Poland common name =Poland continent =Europe region =Central era =Interwar period government type=Republic| year start=1918 date start …

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