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  • 81Beverly Hillbillies, The — ▪ American television show       American television show that was one of the most popular situation comedies of the 1960s. The Beverly Hillbillies debuted in 1962 on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and aired for nine seasons (1962–71),… …

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  • 82Oculi, Okello — ▪ Ugandan novelist and poet born 1942, Dokolo county, Lango district, Northern Uganda       Ugandan novelist, poet, and chronicler of African rural village life. His writing is filled with authentic snatches of conversation, proverbs, and folk… …

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  • 83horse sense — noun Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom independent from, and trumping, formal education …

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  • 84Mulukhiyah — Mulukhiyah, mloukhiya, molokhia, mulukhiyya, or malukhiyah (Arabic: ملوخية‎) is the leaves of jute and related Corchorus species used as a vegetable in Middle Eastern, East African, North African, and South Asian cuisine. Mulukhiyyah is rather… …

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  • 85Max Scheler's Concept of Ressentiment — Max Scheler (1874 1928) Max Scheler (1874–1928) was both the most respected and neglected of the major early 20th century German Continental philosophers in the phenomenological tradition.[1] His observations and insights concerning a special… …

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  • 86Visnú Sharma — Una página del Kelileh o Demneh (Herat, 1429), traducción persa del Panchatantra derivada de la versión en árabe Kalila wa Dimna. Representa al chacal visir Dimna tratando de manipular al rey león para que declare una guerra. Visnu Sharma (entre… …

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  • 87Aesop — (6th c. BC) Greek teller of fables, or stories with a satirical and moral twist. The life of Aesop is itself a fable: he is traditionally supposed to have been hunchbacked and ugly (which may be a symbol of racial stereotyping), to have been the… …

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  • 88Kolski, Jan Jakub — (1956 )    One of the most important and the most original film directors who emerged during the post Communist period. Trained as cinematographer at the Łódź Film School, Kolski began his career directing short films, including the prize winning …

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  • 89Jennerian — Jen·ne·ri·an ji nir ē ən adj of or relating to Edward Jenner: by the method of Jenner <Jennerian vaccination> Jen·ner jen ər Edward (1749 1823) British physician. Jenner made one of the great achievements in medicine: he discovered… …

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  • 90adage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. proverb, saw, saying, aphorism, motto, maxim. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. aphorism, saying, maxim; see proverb , saying . See Synonym Study at saying . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n.… …

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