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  • 61Läger — German “Position” in German, referring to a fighting posture or guard. Another name for Hut; vantage ground or ground position with the weapon from which a change hit begins and attacks can be advantageously repulsed. In contrast to hut, Leger… …

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  • 62Descend — De*scend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descending}.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.] 1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way,… …

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  • 63Descended — Descend De*scend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descending}.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.] 1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in… …

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  • 64Descending — Descend De*scend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descending}.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.] 1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in… …

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  • 65Sabbath in Christianity — For other uses, see Biblical Sabbath, seventh day Sabbath, Jewish Sabbath, High Sabbath, and Sabbath year. A Ten Commandments monument which includes the command to Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy …

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  • 66Third English Civil War — The Third English Civil War (1649 ndash;1651) was the last of the English Civil War (1642 ndash;1652), a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists.The Preston campaign of the Second Civil War was… …

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  • 67Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church — This article is about criticism of the movement. For the main article, see Seventh day Adventist Church. Part of a series on Seventh day Adventism …

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  • 68Erseka — Infobox City official name = Erseka native name = Erseka / Erseke map caption = Location of Erseka in Albania subdivision type = Country subdivision name = Albania subdivision type1 = Region subdivision name1 = Kolonja subdivision type2 =… …

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  • 69Robert Gardiner Hill — MD (1811 1878) was born in Louth, Lincoln, of parents engaged in trade. He is normally credited with being the first superintendent of a small asylum (approximately 100 patients) to develop a mode of treatment where by the reliance on mechanical… …

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  • 70The Bahama Islands —     The Bahama Islands     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bahama Islands     (Or LUCAYOS)     The most northerly group of the West Indies, are a chain of coral islands lying between 21°42 and 27°34 N. lat., and 72°40 and 79°5 W. long., composed of …

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