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1Chiefly About War Matters — Hawthorne in 1862, the year he wrote Chiefly About War Matters , by Emanuel Leutze Chiefly About War Matters , originally credited by a Peaceable Man , is an 1862 essay by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It opposed the American Civil War and …
2then and there — adverb : on the spot : immediately decided then and there to give up the trip and go home * * * then and there At once and on the spot • • • Main Entry: ↑then * * * immediately she made up her mind then and there …
3Aletheia — ( gr. ἀλήθεια) is the Greek word for truth , and like the English word implies sincerity as well as factuality or reality. The literal meaning of the word gr. ἀ–λήθεια is, the state of not being hidden; the state of being evident . Heidegger and… …
4arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
5Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… …
6china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
7China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
8education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
9Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
10Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
