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  • 41William Russell Sweet — (11/18/1860 10/15/1946) early American artist, painter and wood carver. BiographyWilliam Russell Sweet [Joy, Robert, 1954, Natural Bonesetters with special reference to the Sweet Family of RI , Bullentin of the History of Medicine, RI 28, No.3, p …

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  • 42heraldry — heraldist, n. /her euhl dree/, n., pl. heraldries. 1. the science of armorial bearings. 2. the art of blazoning armorial bearings, of settling the rights of persons to bear arms or to use certain bearings, of tracing and recording genealogies, of …

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  • 43Animals in the Bible — • The sacred books were composed by and for a people almost exclusively given to husbandry and pastoral life, hence in constant communication with nature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Animals in the Bible     Anima …

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  • 44Christian views on alcohol — Jesus making wine from water in The Marriage at Cana, a 14th century fresco from the Visoki Dečani monastery. Christian views on alcohol are varied. Throughout the first 1,800 years of church history, Christians consumed alcoholic beverages as …

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  • 45Louis Farrakhan — Muhammad, Sr. Head of the Nation of Islam Incumbent Assumed office 1978/1981 Preceded by …

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  • 46furniture — furnitureless, adj. /ferr ni cheuhr/, n. 1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. 2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. 3. equipment for …

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  • 47OTTOMAN EMPIRE — OTTOMAN EMPIRE, Balkan and Middle Eastern empire started by a Turkish tribe, led by ʿUthmān (1288–1326), at the beginning of the 14th century. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: sources …

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  • 48Meenas — Meena or Mina (मीणा) Classification Kshatriya Varna in Hinduism Religions 99.76% Hinduism, 0.08% Christianity, 0.02% Islam Languages Hindi, Mewari, Marwari, Dhundari, Harauti, Panjabi Eastern, Wagdi, Malvi, Garhwali, Bhili etc. Subdivisions Bhil… …

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  • 49Sobhuza I of Swaziland — Sobhuza I (Ngwane IV) Dlamini (ca. 1780 1839?) was king ( ngwenyama ) of KaNgwane, now known as Swaziland, from 1805(?) to 1839(?). Born around 1780, his father was Ndvungunye (Mavuso II, a.k.a. Zikhodze), and his mother was Somnjalose Simelane.… …

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  • 50Alcohol in the Bible — Alcoholic beverages appear repeatedly in biblical literature – from Noah planting a vineyard and getting drunk in the Hebrew Bible [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ge+9:20 27 Ge 9:20–27] ] to Jesus in the New Testament miraculously… …

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