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  • 71Bocage, Manuel Maria Barbosa du — ▪ Portuguese poet born Sept. 15, 1765, Setúbal, Port. died Dec. 21, 1805, Lisbon       Neoclassical Portuguese lyric poet who aspired to be a second Camões but who dissipated his energies in a stormy life.       The son of a lawyer, Bocage left… …

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  • 72Roscommon — • Capital of County Roscommon, Ireland; owes origin and name to a monastery founded by St. Coman in the first half of the eighth century on a ros or wooded point amidst marshes Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Roscommon     Ro …

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  • 73Reg Calvert — Pearce Reginald Calvert (* 1928 in Lincolnshire[1]; † 21. Juni 1966 in Wendens Ambo, Essex, England) war ein britischer Musiker, Musikmanager und Radiopirat. Er wird als einer der Pioniere der frühen britischen Rockszene sowie der Offshore Radio… …

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  • 74Snorri Sturluson — (1179–1241)    Snorri Sturluson was Iceland’s best known medieval writer. He was a historian, a poet, and perhaps a saga writer as well. He wrote HEIMSKRINGLA (a history of the kings of Norway), the PROSE EDDA (a handbook of Norse mythology and… …

    Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • 75tight — 1 Tight, taut, tense are comparable chiefly in their basic senses in which they mean drawn or stretched to the point where there is no looseness or slackness. Tight implies a drawing around or about something in a way that constricts or binds it… …

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  • 76HEINKEL — GERMANY (see also List of Individuals) 24.1.1888 Grunbach/D 30.1.1958 Stuttgart/D Ernst Heinkel started his studies in 1906 at Stuttgart Technical University. In 1910 he presented his first airplane design which he tested in 1911. Ten days later… …

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  • 77JEHOSEPH (Joseph) HA-NAGID — (1035–1066), vizier of Granada, son of samuel ha nagid . In his youth he already displayed superior talents. His distinguished father supervised his education, and was particularly concerned that his son have a perfect knowledge of the Arabic… …

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  • 78SEJM — SEJM, the Polish parliament (from 1922 also the senate as an upper house) During the existence of the Polish republic between the two world wars, there were six terms which varied in length and electoral principles. The first or legislative term… …

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  • 79AVN-Award — AVN Awards 2007 Der AVN Award ist ein Filmpreis der US Erotikbranche, der jährlich im Januar in Las Vegas, USA, vergeben wird. Die Abkürzung AVN steht für Adult Video News. AVN ist ein Medienunternehmen mit Sitz in Chatsworth, Kalifornien. Zu AVN …

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  • 80AVN Awards — 2007 Der AVN Award ist ein Filmpreis der US Erotikbranche, der jährlich im Januar in Las Vegas, USA, vergeben wird. Die Abkürzung AVN steht für Adult Video News. AVN ist ein Medienunternehmen mit Sitz in Chatsworth, Kalifornien. Zu AVN gehören… …

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