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  • 21interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …

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  • 22Life — • The enigma of life is still one of the two or three most difficult problems that face both scientist and philosopher Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Life     Life      …

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  • 23in´ti|mat´er — in|ti|mate1 «IHN tuh miht», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. very familiar; known very well; closely acquainted: »Although the governor knew many people, he had few intimate friends. The English colonists at Rome perforce became intimate, and in many… …

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  • 24in´ti|mate|ness — in|ti|mate1 «IHN tuh miht», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. very familiar; known very well; closely acquainted: »Although the governor knew many people, he had few intimate friends. The English colonists at Rome perforce became intimate, and in many… …

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  • 25in´ti|mate|ly — in|ti|mate1 «IHN tuh miht», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. very familiar; known very well; closely acquainted: »Although the governor knew many people, he had few intimate friends. The English colonists at Rome perforce became intimate, and in many… …

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  • 26in|ti|mate — in|ti|mate1 «IHN tuh miht», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. very familiar; known very well; closely acquainted: »Although the governor knew many people, he had few intimate friends. The English colonists at Rome perforce became intimate, and in many… …

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  • 27LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… …

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  • 28police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …

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  • 29FRENCH LITERATURE — Biblical and Hebraic Influences The influence of the Hebrew Bible and other Jewish writings on early French literature is limited. With the exception of the 12th century Jeu d Adam, an Anglo Norman verse play, and the 15th century Mistère du Viel …

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  • 30Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… …

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