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  • 91Mission Indians (of California) — • A name of no real ethnic significance, but used as a convenient popular and official term to designate the modern descendants of those tribes of California, of various stocks and languages, evangelized by the Franciscans in the latter part of… …

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  • 92GESTAPO — (abb. Geheime Staats Polizei; Secret State Police ), the secret police of Nazi Germany, their main tool of oppression and destruction, which persecuted Germans, opponents of the regime, as well as Jews at the outset of the Nazi regime and later… …

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  • 93Gun politics — A pyre of confiscated smuggled weapons about to be set ablaze in Nairobi, Kenya …

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  • 94Human rights in the Soviet Union — Soviet abuse of human rights in Budapest on 4 November 1956The Soviet Union was a single party state where the Communist Party ruled the country. [http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/r100000 .html Constitution of the Soviet Union. Preamble] ] All… …

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  • 95Satyagraha — For the opera, see Satyagraha (opera). Satyagraha[pronunciation?] (Sanskrit: सत्याग्रह satyāgraha), loosely translated as insistence on truth satya(truth) agraha(insistence) soul force [1] or truth force is a particular philosophy and practice… …

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  • 96Bailiff — Not to be confused with Baillie. For Farm bailiff, see Estate agent. A bailiff (from Late Latin baiulivus, adjectival form of baiulus) is a governor or custodian (cf. bail); a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction… …

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  • 97Statements about the persecution of Bahá'ís — The persecution of Bahá ís refers to the religious persecution of Bahá ís in various countries, especially in Iran, the location of one of the largest Bahá í populations in the world. The Bahá í Faith originated in Iran, and represents the… …

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  • 98Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities     Charity and Charities …

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  • 99Catholicity in Canada —     Catholicity in Canada     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Catholicity in Canada     The subject will be treated under three headings:     I. Period of French domination, from the discovery of Canada to the Treaty of Paris, in 1763;     II. Period… …

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  • 100Christian persecution of paganism after Theodosius I until the fall of the Roman Empire — Ivory diptych of a priestess of Ceres, still in fully classical style, ca 400: the idol was defaced and thrown in a well at Montier en Der (later an abbey) where it was found. (Musée de Cluny) Christian persecution of paganism after Theodosius I… …

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