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  • 31Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning — The Right Honourable The Earl Canning KG GCB PC Governor General of India …

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  • 32Chief of the Name — See also: Gaelic nobility of Ireland The Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan (clann in Irish and Scottish Gaelic). The term is in use as a title in Ireland and Scotland… …

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  • 33Rafael Addiego Bruno — Infobox President|name=Rafael Addiego order= 28° Constitutional President of Uruguay term start=February 12, 1985 term end=March 1, 1985 predecessor=Gregorio Álvarez successor=Julio María Sanguinetti birth date=February 23, 1923 birth place=Salto …

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  • 34Harlan Mathews — Infobox Senator | name=Harlan Mathews nationality=American jr/sr=United States Senator state=Tennessee party=Democratic term start=January 5, 1993 term end=December 2, 1994 preceded=Al Gore Jr. succeeded= Fred Thompson date of birth=birth date… …

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  • 35Hispanic Admirals in the United States Navy — can trace their tradition of naval military service to the Hispanic sailors, who have served in the Navy during every war and conflict since the American Revolution. Prior to the Civil War, the highest rank reached by a Hispanic American in the U …

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  • 36Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov — (16 July 1798ndash 11 March 1883) was a Russian statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. He has an enduring reputation as one of the most influential and respected diplomats of the nineteenth century. From 1867 to 1883 he was state… …

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  • 37Alexander Gorchakov — chancellor Alexander M. Gorchakov …

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  • 38Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand —     Françpois René de Chateaubriand     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Françpois René de Chateaubriand     French writer, b. at Saint Malo, Brittany, 4 September, 1768; d. at Paris, 4 July, 1848. He studied at Dol, then at Rennes, and later at Dinan.… …

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  • 39translatitium edictum — /traenzlatish(iy)am adiktam/ In Roman law, the praetor, on his accession to office, did not usually publish an entirely new edict, but retained the whole or a part of that promulgated by his predecessor, as being of an approved or permanently… …

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  • 40India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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