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51Tetrapharmacum — Latin tetrapharmacum, Greek tetrapharmakon (the fourfold drug ) was a pharmaceutical compound known in ancient Greek pharmacology, a mixture of wax, pine resin, pitch and animal fat, most often pork fat.Apparently named after this unprepossessing …
52St Donat's — (Welsh: Sain Dunwyd) is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales.St Donat s is located just west of the small town of Llantwit Major. The parish includes the village of Marcross and the hamlets of Monknash and East and West …
53Gallows Thief — infobox Book | name = Gallows Thief title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Bernard Cornwell illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Mystery novel publisher =… …
54The Ramble and Lake, Central Park — The Ramble and Lake in Central Park together form an inseparable central feature of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux s Greensward plan (1857) to provide a Central Park for New York City. The Ramble was intended as a woodland walk through… …
55Mary Barber — (c.1685 – c.1755), poet, was a member of Swift s circle. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Resources 4 Notes 5 …
56Confederate Army of Manhattan — The Confederate Army of Manhattan was a group of eight Southern operatives who attempted to burn New York City on November 25, 1864, during the final stages of the American Civil War. In a plot orchestrated by Jacob Thompson, the operatives… …
57Loring Smith — Loring B. Smith (November 181890 mdash;July 81981) was an American stage, film, radio and television actor, frequently of broadly comic and gregarious characters who enjoyed a 65 year career in every aspect of the entertainment business.A native… …
58Punokawan — In Javanese wayang , the punokawan are the clown servants of the hero. There are four of them Semar (also known as Ki Lurah Semar ), Petruk , Gareng and Bagong . Semar is the personification of a deity, sometimes said to the be the dhanyang or… …
59Architecture of Toronto — The architecture of Toronto is most marked by its being the financial and cultural capital of Canada. Once an important port and manufacturing centre, today Toronto s economy is dominated by the service sector.Toronto has traditionally been a… …
60Alan Sorrell — (1904 ndash; 1974) was born in Southend, the son of a jeweller, who would take him drawing at an early age. He was trained at the Royal College of Art (1924 27), and then won a scholarship to the British School of Rome (1928 1930). He was a… …
