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  • 61Soft despotism — is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by a network of small complicated rules might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called hard despotism ) in the sense that it is… …

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  • 62Ethical Aspect of Slavery —     Ethical Aspect of Slavery     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ethical Aspect of Slavery     In Greek and Roman civilization slavery on an extensive scale formed an essential element of the social structure; and consequently the ethical speculators …

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  • 63Kidman, Nicole — (1968– )    Actress Nicole Kidman began her film career in Australia, where she grew up; she first gained international attention with the Australian film Dead Calm (1988) a thriller in which she played opposite Sam Neill and Billy Zane. She… …

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  • 64Assault weapon — The term Assault weapon is derived from the term assault rifle, itself a translation of the German word Sturmgewehr , literally storm rifle . In its technical sense, the term Assault weapon refers to a military weapon used to aid in military… …

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  • 65X-Men Trading Card Game — Infobox Game | subject name= X Men Trading Card Game image link= image caption= designer= Mike Fitzgerald publisher= Wizards of the Coast players= 2 ages= 10+ setup time= playing time= Approx 20 min complexity= strategy= random chance= High due… …

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  • 66Robert Creeley — Portrait taken in 1972 Robert Creeley (May 21, 1926 – March 30, 2005) was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. He is usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school s. He was …

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  • 67Lonesome Dove — infobox Book | name = Lonesome Dove orig title = translator = author = Larry McMurtry cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Lonesome Dove series genre = Western publisher = Simon Schuster release date = 1985 media… …

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  • 68Christmas at the Patti — Live album by Various Artists Released 1973 …

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  • 69Delirium (novel) — This article is about the Spanish language novel. For other uses, see Delirium (disambiguation) Delirium is a novel by Colombian author Laura Restrepo. With this book, Restrepo won the prestigious Premio Alfaguara de Novela in 2004.[1] Natasha… …

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  • 70comma —  The trend these days is to use the comma as sparingly as form and clarity allow. But there are certain instances in which it should appear but all too often does not. Equally, it has a tendency to crop up with alarming regularity in places where …

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