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31Criticism of Family Guy — Series creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane. The American animated sitcom Family Guy has been the target of numerous complaints concerning taste and indecency. Parents Television Council has expressed moral opposition to th …
32Georgische Filmgeschichte — Datei:Theatre institute.jpg Das Staatliche Georgische Institut für Theater und Film in Tiflis, gegründet 1972 Georgiens Filmgeschichte begann unmittelbar vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Nach der Eingliederung des Landes in die Sowjetunion entstand… …
33Eça de Queirós, José Maria de — or José Maria de Eça de Queiroz born Nov. 25, 1845, Póvoa do Varzim, Port. died Aug. 16, 1900, Paris, France Portuguese novelist. The illegitimate son of a magistrate, he began a career in law but turned to writing; later he held several… …
34Mendele Moykher Sforim — or Mendele Mokher Sefarim orig. Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Yiddish; Mendele the Book Peddler ) born Nov. 20, 1835, Kopyl, near Minsk, Russia died Dec. 8, 1917, Odessa Russian author. He lived much of his life in Ukraine, becoming a rabbi and head …
35Kielland, Alexander Lange — (1849 1906) A Norwegian novelist and short story writer, Kielland is considered one of the finest stylists in Norwegian literature. He was born into a wealthy merchant family in the city of Stavanger, Norway. After graduating from the town s… …
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36José Francisco de Isla — (April 24 1703 ndash; November 2 1781) was a Spanish Jesuit, [CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08189c.htm|title=José Francisco de Isla] celebrated as a preacher and a humorist and satirist of the stamp of Cervantes.Early careerHe was… …
37incisive — [in sī′siv] adj. [ML incisivus < L incisus: see INCISE] 1. cutting into 2. sharp; keen; penetrating; acute [an incisive mind] 3. of the incisors incisively adv. incisiveness n. SYN. INCISIVE is applied to spe …
38AGGADAH or HAGGADAH — (Heb. הַגָּדָה, אַגָּדָה; narrative ), one of the two primary components of rabbinic tradition, the other being halakhah, usually translated as Jewish Law (see: kadushin , The Rabbinic Mind, 59f.). The term aggadah itself is notoriously difficult …
39Frederik Pohl — Infobox Writer name = Frederik Pohl imagesize = 200px caption = Frederik Pohl at the 2008 UCR J. Lloyd Eaton Science Fiction Conference pseudonym = Elton Andrews birthdate = birth date and age|1919|11|26 birthplace = deathdate = deathplace =… …
40Gabriel Harvey — (c. 1545 ndash; 1630) was an English writer. Harvey was a notable scholar, though his reputation suffered from his quarrel with Thomas Nashe. Henry Morley, writing in the Fortnightly Review (March 1869), brought evidence from Harvey s Latin… …
