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111Sacvan Bercovitch — (born 4 October 1933 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian Americanist, literary and cultural critic and academic.Education and academic careerSacvan Bercovitch is an influential and controversial Americanist. Born in Montreal, Quebec, on October 4 …
112Nguyễn Trường Tộ — (1830 ndash;1871) was a Roman Catholic scholar and reformer during the reign of Tự Đức of the Nguyễn Dynasty, the last sovereign Emperor of Vietnam under which the French colonial forces colonized the country. Nguyễn Trường Tộ was best known for… …
113Hungarian Round Table Talks — The Hungarian Round Table Talks ( hu. Kerekasztal tárgyalások) were a series of formalized, orderly and highly legalisticBartlett, p.143] discussions held in Budapest, Hungary in the summer and autumn of 1989, inspired by the Polish model, that… …
114Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …
115Latvia — /lat vee euh, laht /, n. a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of Estonia, an independent state 1918 40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 2,437,649; 25,395 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km). Cap.: Riga. Latvian, Latvija… …
116performing 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 …
117stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… …
118Daniel Ross (philosopher) — Daniel Ross (born 1970) is an Australian philosopher and filmmaker, best known as the author of Violent Democracy (2004) and the co director of the film The Ister (2004). Ross s recent work is influenced by Bernard Stiegler, and he is a… …
119Brazilian military government — Federative Republic of Brazil (Republic of United States of Brazil until 1967) Republica Federativa do Brasil (República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil until 1967) Military dictatorship …
120Nguyen Truong To — For Communist party official, see Nguyễn Trường Tô. In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the… …
