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  • 11literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 12POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… …

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  • 13Stan Freberg — Infobox Actor name = Stan Freberg caption = In 1950, Daws Butler and Stan Freberg are backstage doing both voices and puppeteering on Bob Clampett s Time for Beany (1949 54) at KTLA in Los Angeles. Freberg operates Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent… …

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  • 14Cynic — The Cynics ( el. Κυνικοί, la. Cynici) were an influential group of philosophers from the ancient school of Cynicism. Their philosophy was that the purpose of life was to live a life of Virtue in agreement with Nature. This meant rejecting all… …

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  • 15Nob Nation — RTÉ Supporting the Nobs Genre Satirical comedy[citation needed] …

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  • 16Cynicism — Cynic redirects here. For the modern understanding of the word cynicism , see Cynicism (contemporary). For other uses, see Cynic (disambiguation). Statue of an unknown Cynic philosopher from the Capitoline Museum in Rome. This statue is a Roman… …

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  • 17Barth, John — orig. John Simmons Barth, Jr. born May 27, 1930, Cambridge, Md., U.S. U.S. writer. Barth grew up on Maryland s eastern shore, the locale of much of his writing, and from 1953 he taught principally at Johns Hopkins University. Apart from the… …

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  • 18O'Flaherty, Liam — born Aug. 28, 1896, Inishmore, Aran Islands, County Galway, Ire. died Sept. 7, 1984, Dublin Irish novelist and short story writer. He abandoned his training for the priesthood and became a soldier in World War I, a migrant labourer in the… …

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  • 19Oliver Callan — Birth name Oliver Patrick Callan Born December 27, 1980 (1980 12 27) (age 30) Inniskeen, County Monaghan, Ireland Medium …

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  • 20Momus — For the Tibetan, Ladakhi and Nepali food, see Momo (food). For the Scottish artist and singer, see Momus (artist). Greek deities series Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Other deities Personified concepts …

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