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  • 1Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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  • 2CULTURAL LIFE — Introduction The movement for the return to Zion which emerged as a force at the end of the 19th century was based on a variety of motivations, including the political – the demand for an independent homeland where the Jews could forge their own… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 3Death in life — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …

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  • 4Still Life with Woodpecker — infobox Book | name = Still Life with Woodpecker title orig = translator = image caption = author = Tom Robbins illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Bantam Books release date …

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  • 5literature — /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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  • 6performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 7Saint Julie Billiart —     St. Julie Billiart     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Julie Billiart     (Also Julia). Foundress, and first superior general of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur, born 12 July, 1751, at Cuvilly, a village of Picardy, in… …

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  • 8House of Medici — For other uses, see Medici (disambiguation). House of Medici Country Florence and Tuscany Titles Pope Queen of France …

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  • 9Augustine of Hippo — This article is about the theologian and philosopher, Augustine of Hippo. For his theodicy regarding the problem of evil, see Augustinian theodicy. Augustine , Saint Augustine , and Augustinus redirect here. For other uses, see Augustine… …

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  • 10Petals on the Wind — infobox Book | name = Petals on the Wind title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = V. C. Andrews illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Dollanganger series genre = Gothic… …

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