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61Monetary sovereignty — A state is generally considered monetarily sovereign to the extent that it retains the following legal rights[1][2]: The right of legal tender to choose which currencies are acceptable as legal tender for payment of taxes and other legal debts.… …
62The Magnificent (song) — The Magnificent Song by the One World Orchestra featuring the Massed Pipes and Drums of the Children s Free Revolutionary Volunteer Guard from the album The Help Album Released 9 September 1995 (UK) Recorded 4 September 1995 Genre …
63Barzani, Mulla Mustafa — (1903 1979) Mulla Mustafa Bar zani was the most famous Kurdish leader of the 20th century. His name became virtually synonymous with the Kurdish nationalist movement in Iraq, while his fame made him a legendary hero for Kurds everywhere. He… …
64Warlimont, General Watcher — 1894– Warlimont held the post of Deputy Chief of OKW Operations Staff under General JODL from September 1939 to September 1944 and his importance lies in his postwar writings on the activities and operation of HITLER’s HQ. As a close observer… …
65Coryate, or Coryatt, Thomas — (1577 1617) Poet, b. at Odcombe, Somerset, and ed. at Westminster and Oxf., entered the household of Prince Henry. In 1608 he made a walking tour in France, Italy, and Germany, walking nearly 2000 miles in one pair of shoes, which were, until… …
66Alford, Violet — (1881 1972) An authority of international repute on all forms of folk dancing, and the related music and festival customs. She stressed the similarities to be found over much of Europe, which she believed were due to a common origin in… …
67eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit The eye is protected from mechanical injury… …
68cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
69painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
70literature — /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.… …
