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  • 71Leo XIII — (Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci) 1810 1903, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1878 1903. * * * orig. Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci born March 2, 1810, Carpineto Romano, Papal States died July 20, 1903, Rome Pope (1878–1903). Born into the Italian nobility, he was… …

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  • 72United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 73Games of the XXIX Olympiad — ▪ 2009 by Melinda C. Shepherd       During Aug. 8–24, 2008, Beijing, along with six other cities in China (Qingdao, Hong Kong, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Qinhuangdao), opened the Middle Kingdom to the world as the host of the Games of the… …

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  • 74Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Mount Olympus Meets the Middle Kingdom — Introduction officially  Games of the XXIX Olympiad        The Games of the XXIX Olympiad, involving some 200 Olympic committees and as many as 13,000 accredited athletes competing in 28 different sports, were auspiciously scheduled to begin at 8 …

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  • 75George Washington: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Thursday, April 30, 1789       Among the vicissitudes incident to life no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the 14th day of… …

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  • 76Alexander Pope —     Alexander Pope     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Alexander Pope     Poet, son of Alexander Pope and his second wife, Edith Turner, b. in London, England, 22 May, 1688; d. at Twickenham, England, 30 May, 1744. His parents were both Catholics, and… …

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  • 77Diocese of Kerry and Aghadoe —     Diocese of Kerry and Aghadoe     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Diocese of Kerry and Aghadoe     The Diocese of Kerry and Aghadoe (Kerriensis Et Aghadoensis), suffragan of Cashel, Ireland, is sixty six miles in length, and sixty one in breadth,… …

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  • 78auspiciousness — noun The state or quality of being auspicious or successful. Syn: propitiousness, success Ant: inauspiciousness See Also: auspiciously …

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  • 79fortunately — adverb a) In a fortunate manner. <!example? Fortunately, Sams pet hamster was not dead. b) It is (or was, etc) fortunate that. Syn: auspiciously, luckily, happily, mercifully …

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  • 80fairly — adverb /ˈfɛə(ɹ).li,ˈfɛɹ.li/ a) In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly. 1859 Easton, Alexander, A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse Power Railways, p 108, Rules adopted by the Sixth Avenue Railway, N. Y …

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