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  • 32The United States of America —     The United States of America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America     BOUNDARIES AND AREA     On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …

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  • 33The Orator — Directed by Tusi Tamasese Produced by Catherine Fitzgerald Written by Tusi Tamasese Starring Fa afiaula Sagote Tausili Pushparaj …

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  • 34The Wimbledon Trilogy — consists of three books written by Nigel Williams set in Wimbledon, London and published by Faber Faber: * The Wimbledon Poisoner (1990, ISBN 978 0571161317) : Henry Farr, a struggling solicitor is desperate to get rid of his wife, Elinor and… …

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  • 35The School of Night — (dt. Die Schule der Nacht) wird als ein teilweise „ironischer“ Begriff für eine Vereinigung von Männern in der zweiten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts um Sir Walter Raleigh gesehen, die ursprünglich 1592 als „Schule des Atheismus“, später auch als… …

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  • 36pretence — noun 1. /prəˈtɛns / (say pruh tens) pretending or feigning; make believe: my sleepiness was all pretence. 2. /prəˈtɛns / (say pruh tens) a false show of something: a pretence of friendship. 3. /prəˈtɛns / (say pruh tens) a piece of make believe.… …

  • 37Pretence — Pretense Pre*tense , Pretence Pre*tence, n. [LL. praetensus, for L. praetentus, p. p. of praetendere. See {Pretend}, and cf. {Tension}.] 1. The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension. Spenser. [1913 Webster] Primogeniture can …

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  • 38pretence — noun An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext. That part of education that turned up in the latest phase of our argument, the cross examination of the empty pretence of wisdom, is none other, we must declare, than the true… …

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  • 39The Pickwick Papers — For the 1952 film, see The Pickwick Papers (film). For the 1985 television series, see The Pickwick Papers (1985 television series). The Pickwick Papers   …

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