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  • 121Birney, Earle — ▪ 1996       Canadian poet and writer (b. May 13, 1904, Calgary, Alta. d. Sept. 3, 1995, Toronto, Ont.), was one of the most highly esteemed poets in Canada. He was especially well known for his controversial poem David (1941), about the mercy… …

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  • 122nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction       system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …

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  • 123Historical Criticism — • The art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts of the past Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Historical Criticism     Historical Criticism      …

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  • 124New Chronology (Rohl) — Not to be confused with New Chronology (Fomenko). New Chronology is the term used to describe an alternative Chronology of the ancient Near East developed by English Egyptologist David Rohl and other researchers[1] beginning with A Test of Time:… …

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  • 125position — Synonyms and related words: Anschauung, Parthian shot, a priori principle, abode, address, affect, affectivity, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, allocate, angle, angle of vision, announcement, annunciation, answer, apostrophe, appointment,… …

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  • 126sight — Synonyms and related words: Anschauung, aim, aim at, airscape, amazement, angle, angle of vision, assumption, astonishing thing, astonishment, atrocity, attitude, awe inspiring, baboon, bag, barrel, basis, batch, behold, bend, blemish, blot,… …

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  • 127determine — de•ter•mine [[t]dɪˈtɜr mɪn[/t]] v. mined, min•ing 1) to settle or resolve (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision 2) to conclude or ascertain, as after reasoning or observation 3) math. to fix the position of 4) to… …

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  • 128determine — [c]/dəˈtɜmən / (say duh termuhn) verb (determined, determining) –verb (t) 1. to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative decision. 2. to conclude or ascertain, as after reasoning, observation, etc. 3. Geometry to fix the… …