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  • 111Gluck, Christoph Willibald — later Ritter (knight) von Gluck born July 2, 1714, Erasbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria died Nov. 15, 1787, Vienna, Austria German opera composer. Son of a forester, he ran away to study music in Prague. He traveled widely, writing operas for… …

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  • 112fleshly school of poetry — ▪ English group       a group of late 19th century English poets associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Rossetti, Dante Gabriel). The term was invented by the Scottish author Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901) and appeared as the title of a… …

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  • 113Russian literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the Russian language, beginning with the Christianization of Kievan Rus in the late 10th century.       The unusual shape of Russian literary history has been the source of numerous… …

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  • 114Talmud and Midrash — ▪ Judaism Introduction       commentative and interpretative writings that hold a place in the Jewish religious tradition second only to the Bible (Old Testament). Definition of terms       The Hebrew term Talmud (“study” or “learning”) commonly… …

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  • 115Poverty — • Discusses poverty as a concept and canonical discipline Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poverty     Poverty     † …

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  • 116Use of Wealth —     Use of Wealth     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Use of Wealth     The term wealth is not used here in the technical sense in which it occurs in treatises on economic subjects, but rather in its common acceptation, synonymous with riches. The… …

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  • 117remainder — re·main·der n [Anglo French, from Old French remaindre to remain] 1: an estate in property in favor of one other than the grantor that follows upon the natural termination of a prior intervening possessory estate (as a life estate) created at the …

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  • 118Gaudy Art — (Yansu yishu) Gaudy Art is a mid 1990s art movement appropriating the bright aesthetics of folk art and consumer culture. Yansu is a neologism (see neologisms) originally coined by art critic Li Xianting to translate ‘kitsch’, and later… …

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  • 119cram — 1. noun a) The act of cramming. b) Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination. 2. verb a) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity;… …

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  • 120plethora — noun /ˈplɛθəɹə,plɪˈθɔəɹə/ a) An excessive amount or number; an abundance. The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world. b) An excess of red blood cells or bodily humours …

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