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  • 41Disastrousness — Disastrous Dis*as trous, a. [Cf. F. d[ e]sastreux. See {Disaster}.] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill boding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Attended …

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  • 42bankruptcy — noun (plural cies) Date: 1700 1. the quality or state of being bankrupt 2. utter failure or impoverishment …

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  • 43clinker — I. noun Etymology: alteration of earlier klincard a hard yellowish Dutch brick Date: 1641 1. a brick that has been burned too much in the kiln 2. stony matter fused together ; slag II. noun Etymology: 1clink …

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  • 44Concordat of Worms — In 1122, Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor entered into an agreement with Pope Calistus II known as the Concordat of Worms. The Concordat of Worms, sometimes called the Pactum Calixtinum by papal historians,[1] was an agreement between Pope Cal …

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  • 45Gotham City — For other uses, see Gotham (disambiguation). Gotham City The Gotham skyline with the Bat signal. From Batman: City of Crime. Art by Ramon Bachs and Nathan Massengill. P …

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  • 46Long March — Changzheng redirects here. For the Chinese rockets, see Long March (rocket family). For the forced march undertaken by prisoners of war in 1945 sometimes known as Long March , see The March (1945). Long March …

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  • 47Henry the Lion — (German: Heinrich der Löwe ; 1129 ndash; 6 August 1195) was a member of the Guelph dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which duchies he held until 1180. He was one of the most… …

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  • 48Rebel Without a Cause — Infobox Film name = Rebel Without a Cause image size = 215px producer = David Weisbart director = Nicholas Ray writer = Nicholas Ray (story) Irving Shulman (adaptation) Stewart Stern (screenplay) starring = James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo music …

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  • 49Anthemius — Infobox Roman emperor name =Anthemius full name= title=Emperor of the Western Roman Empire caption =Anthemius on a gold coin. His title is Our Lord, Anthemius, Pious, Fortunate, Augustus . reign =April 12 467 July 11 472 predecessor =Libius… …

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  • 50Hubert Parry — circa 1916 Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 1848 – 7 October 1918) was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Parry s first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral… …

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