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1Softened — Soften Sof ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Softened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Softening}.] To make soft or more soft. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) To render less hard; said of matter. [1913 Webster] Their arrow s point they soften in the flame. Gay. [1913 …
2Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona — Zerachiah ben Isaac Ha Levi Gerondi (Hebrew: זרחיה הלוי), called the ReZaH, RaZBI or Baal Ha Maor (author of the book Ha Maor ) was born about 1125 in the town of Gerona, Spain – hence the name Gerondi – and died after 1186 in Lunel. He was a… …
3Herman Kahn — Infobox Person name = Herman Kahn caption = Interview with Herman Kahn, author of On Escalation , May 11, 1965 birth date = February 15, 1922 birth place = Bayonne, New Jersey death date = death date and age|1983|7|7|1922|2|15 death place =… …
4international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
5literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
6HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …
7Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
8Margaret Sullavan — from The Shining Hour (1938) Born Margaret Brooke Sullavan May 16, 1909(1909 05 16) …
9Tosca — For other uses, see Tosca (disambiguation). Giacomo Puccini …
10Noble savage — For the Virgin Steele album, see Noble Savage (album). A detail from Benjamin West s heroic, neoclassical history painting, The Death of General Wolfe (1771), depicting an idealized Native American. The term noble savage (French, bon sau …
