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  • 1fortnight — noun (BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ next ▪ last, past, previous ▪ whole VERB + FORTNIGHT ▪ spend …

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  • 2fortnight — n. 1 a period of two weeks. 2 (prec. by a specified day) two weeks after (that day) (Tuesday fortnight). Etymology: OE feowertiene niht fourteen nights …

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  • 3Directors' Fortnight — Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud, awarded Directors Fortnight at 2002 Cannes Film Festival; died in 2011 Directors Fortnight (French: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival. The… …

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  • 41948 and After; Israel and the Palestinians — 1948 and After: Israel and the Palestinians is a collection of essays by the Israeli historian Benny Morris. The book was first published in hardcover in 1990. It was revised and expanded, (largely on the basis on newly available material) and… …

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  • 5Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig — Douglas Haig redirects here. See also Douglas Haig (disambiguation). The Earl Haig Earl Haig Nickname …

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  • 6HMS Hydra (A144) — HMS Hydra (Pennant Number A144) was a Royal Navy deep ocean hydrographic survey vessel, the third of the original three of the Hecla class. The ship was laid down as yard number 2258 on 14 May 1964 at Yarrow Shipbuilders, at Scotstoun on the… …

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  • 7John Fisher — Infobox Saint name=Saint John Fisher birth date=c. 1469 death date=22 June 1535 (aged about 66) feast day=22 June (Roman Catholic Church) 6 July (Church of England) venerated in=Roman Catholic Church, Church of England imagesize=205px caption=… …

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  • 8St. John Fisher —     St. John Fisher     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. John Fisher     Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, and martyr; born at Beverley, Yorkshire, England, 1459 (?1469); died 22 June, 1535. John was the eldest son of Robert Fisher, merchant of… …

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  • 9ALIYAH AND ABSORPTION — GENERAL SURVEY Introduction Aliyah, ascension or going up, is the coming of Jews as individuals or in groups, from exile or diaspora to live in the Land of Israel. Those who go up for this purpose are known as olim – a term used in the Bible for… …

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  • 10History of Belgium — The history of Belgium, from pre history to the present day, is intertwined with the histories of its European neighbours, in particular those of the Netherlands and Luxembourg. A feature of modern history is the number of wars between other… …

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