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71Emperor Charles V — Emperor Charles V † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Emperor Charles V (CHARLES I, King of SPAIN). Born at Ghent, 1500; died at Yuste, in Spain, 1558; was a descendant of the house of Hapsburg, and to this descent owed his sovereignty over …
72Invasion dorienne — L’hypothèse d’une Invasion Dorienne a été avancée par les historiens de la Grèce ancienne pour expliquer la discontinuité entre les dialectes et les usages pré classiques du sud de la Grèce et ceux de la Grèce classique, appelés… …
73Great Midwest Trivia Contest — The Great Midwest Trivia Contest, or Midwest Trivia Contest, is held each year in Appleton, Wisconsin, broadcast over Lawrence University s radio station, WLFM. Beginning with Trivia XLI in 2006, the contest went to a webcast only format after… …
74artificial intelligence — the capacity of a computer to perform operations analogous to learning and decision making in humans, as by an expert system, a program for CAD or CAM, or a program for the perception and recognition of shapes in computer vision systems. Abbr.:… …
75birth control — regulation of the number of children born through the deliberate control or prevention of conception. Cf. family planning (def. 1). [1914, Amer.] * * * Voluntary limiting of human reproduction, using such means as contraception, sexual abstinence …
76put someone on the spot — phrase to ask someone a question that is difficult or embarrassing to answer I’m going to put you on the spot and ask what you would have done in his position. Thesaurus: to ask a question or questionssynonym to make someone feel ashamed or… …
77Domestication of the horse — A bred back Heck Horse, closely resembling the Tarpan (photographed 2004), believed to be phenotypically close to the wild horse at the time of its original domestication. There are a number of hypotheses on many of the key issues regarding the… …
78Plain Chant — • Description and history of the precursor to Gregorian chant Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Plain Chant Plain Chant † …
79Apostles — Apostles † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Apostles Under this title it may be sufficient to supply brief and essential information, I. on the name Apostle ; II. on its various meanings; III. on the origin of the Apostolate;… …
80Austro-Hungarian Monarchy — The Austro Hungarian Monarchy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Austro Hungarian Monarchy By this name is designated the European monarchy whose dominions have for their main life distributing artery the River Danube, in its course from… …
