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111Brazil — Brazilian /breuh zil yeuhn/, adj., n. /breuh zil /, n. a republic in South America. 164,511,366; 3,286,170 sq. mi. (8,511,180 sq. km). Cap.: Brasília. Portuguese and Spanish, Brasil. Official name, Federative Republic of Brazil. * * * Brazil… …
112The New Tomorrow — Infobox Television show name = The New Tomorrow caption = genre = Childrens drama / Science fiction creator = Raymond Thompson Harry Duffin developer = Cloud 9, Five presenter = starring = theme music composer = opentheme = endtheme = country =… …
113Requiem Masses — Masses of Requiem † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Masses of Requiem Masses of Requiem will be treated under the following heads: I. Origins; II. Formulary; III. Colour of the Vestments; IV. Conditions for celebrating; V. Rite; VI.… …
114Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
115Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
116ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
117Women — Although obviously half of the population of Renaissance Eu rope was female, the role of women in the high culture, especially the Latin based academic culture and humanist movement of the period, was very limited, a generalization which is… …
118Louis XV of France — Infobox French Royalty|monarch name=Louis XV title=King of France and Navarre caption=Louis XV by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1730) reign=1 September 1715 ndash; 10 May 1774 coronation=25 October 1722, Reims titles= HM The King HRH The Dauphin of Viennois… …
119History of IBM mainframe operating systems — The history of operating systems running on IBM mainframes is a notable chapter of history of mainframe operating systems, because of IBM s long standing position as the world s largest hardware supplier of mainframe computers.Arguably the… …
120Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
