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81Skydiving accident investigation — kydiving accidents and the FAAParachuting began in World War I as a battle and life saving necessity. In peacetime it evolved into a sport known as skydiving. In general, skydiving is a self regulated sport, which means skydivers voluntarily… …
82Raphael Patkanian — also known as Kamar Katiba (1830 1892) was one of the most popular Armenian poets. [The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America s Response Page 101 by Peter Balakian] [The Survey Page 259 by Survey Associates] Biography Patkanian was… …
83Karl Johann Greith — (b. at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, 25 May1797; d. at St. Gallen, 17 May1882) was a Swiss Catholic bishop and church historian.LifeHe received his early education at St. Gall, then went to the lyceum at Lucerne and the University of Munich; at the… …
84Bureau d'études des postes et télécommunications d'outre-mer — The Bureau d études des postes et télécommunications d outre mer (BEPTOM, Office of Oversea Posts and Telecommunications Studies in English) was a French public institution, financially autonomous. Linked to the French Minister of Cooperation,… …
85Schwertwal — Schwertwale (Orcinus orca) transient. Unimak Island, O Aleuten, Alaska. Systematik Ordnung …
86Peninsular War — a war (1808–14) fought in Spain and Portugal, in which British, Spanish and Portuguese soldiers defeated the armies of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The Peninsular War was one of the Napoleonic Wars. * * * (1808–14) Part of the… …
87Angelico, Fra — orig. Guido di Pietro born с 1400, Vicchio, Florence [Italy] died Feb. 18, 1455, Rome Italian painter and Dominican friar active in Florence. He entered the convent of San Domenico at Fiesole sometime between 1417 and 1425 and began his artistic… …
88Daye — ▪ China Wade Giles romanization Ta yeh city, southeastern Hubei (Hupeh) sheng (province), east central China. Daye, established as a city in 1994, is situated on the south bank of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) near Huangshi and about 55 …
89microscopic reversibility, principle of — ▪ physics principle formulated about 1924 by the American scientist Richard C. Tolman that provides a dynamic description of an equilibrium condition. Equilibrium is a state in which no net change in some given property of a physical system …
90Karl Johann Greith — Karl Johann Greith † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Karl Johann Greith Bishop and church historian, b. at Rapperswyl, Switzerland, 25 May, 1897; d. at St. Gall, 17 May, 1882. He received his early education at St. Gall, then went to the… …
