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  • 101Yvonne De Carlo — as Sephora in The Ten Commandments (1956) Born Margaret Yvonne Middleton September 1, 1922( …

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  • 102Renato Guttuso — (26 December 1911 – 18 January 1987) was one of the major Italian painters of the twentieth century. His best known paintings include Flight from Etna (1938–39), Crucifixion (1941) and La Vucciria (1974). Guttuso also designed for the theatre… …

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  • 103Manhattan — New York Island redirects here. For the Pacific island, see Teraina. For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). Manhattan   Borough of New York City   New York County …

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  • 104Socrates — /sok reuh teez /, n. 469? 399 B.C., Athenian philosopher. * * * born с 470, Athens died 399 BC, Athens Greek philosopher whose way of life, character, and thought exerted a profound influence on ancient and modern philosophy. Because he wrote… …

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  • 105Galápagos Islands — Infobox World Heritage Site WHS = Galápagos Islands State Party = ECU Type = Natural Criteria = vii, viii, ix, x ID = 1 Region = Latin America and the Caribbean Year = 1978 Session = 2nd Extension = 2001 Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1The… …

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  • 106Treaty of Orvieto — The Treaty of Orvieto was an agreement made in 1281 between Charles I of Sicily, Giovanni Dandolo, Doge of Venice, and Philip of Courtenay, titular Latin Emperor, for recovery of the Latin Empire, with the blessing of the Papacy. Intended to… …

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  • 107Heraclea Minoa — (Hêrakleia Minôia: Eth. Rhachlôtês, Heracliensis), in Sicily, was an ancient Greek city, situated on the south coast of the island, at the mouth of the river Halycus (modern Platani), 25 km west of Agrigentum ( Acragas , modern Agrigento), near… …

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  • 108anarchism — /an euhr kiz euhm/, n. 1. a doctrine urging the abolition of government or governmental restraint as the indispensable condition for full social and political liberty. 2. the methods or practices of anarchists, as the use of violence to undermine …

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  • 109Eastern Orthodoxy — the faith, practice, membership, and government of the Eastern Orthodox Church. * * * officially Orthodox Catholic Church One of the three major branches of Christianity. Its adherents live mostly in Greece, Russia, the Balkans, Ukraine, and the… …

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  • 110historiography — historiographic /hi stawr ee euh graf ik, stohr /, historiographical, adj. historiographically, adv. /hi stawr ee og reuh fee, stohr /, n., pl. historiographies. 1. the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively. 2 …

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