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  • 51godfather — /ˈgɒdfaðə/ (say godfahdhuh) noun 1. a man who stands sponsor for a child at baptism or confirmation. 2. someone who exercises power and dispenses protection while keeping in the background; grey eminence. 3. (upper case) a Mafia leader. 4. (often …

  • 52BEREZOVSKY, BORIS ABRAMOVICH — (1946–), Russian tycoon and political figure. Born in Moscow, Berezovsky graduated from the Moscow Timber Institute (Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering) and subsequently from Moscow State University (Department of Mechanics and… …

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  • 53BORMANN, MARTIN° — (1900–?), Nazi leader. Bormann was born in Halberstadt; his family were postal workers. He enlisted in World War I but too late to reach the front. He joined the Nazi Party in 1925, after having been active in right wing organizations and having… …

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  • 54Edinburgh —    EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from …

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  • 55Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus — Brain: Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus Latin fasciculus longitudinalis posterior; fasciculus longitudinalis dorsalis NeuroLex ID birnlex 986 The dorsal longitudinal fasciculus (DLF) (not to be confused with the medial longitudinal fasciculus, nor… …

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  • 56Rhombencephalon — Brain: Rhombencephalon Diagram depicting the main subdivisions of the embryonic vertebrate brain. These regions will later differentiate into forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain structures …

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  • 57Ventricular system — Brain: Cerebral ventricles Scheme showing relations of the ventricles to the surface of the brain …

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  • 58Arcuate nucleus — This article is about the hypothalamic structure. For the structure in the medulla oblongata, see Arcuate nucleus (medulla). Brain: Arcuate nucleus Arcuate nucleus is AR , at bottom center, in green. Latin nucleus arc …

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  • 59Cranial nerve nucleus — Brain: Cranial nerve nucleus The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. (The olfactory and optic centers are not represented.) Latin nucleus nervi cranialis Gray s …

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  • 60Medial lemniscus — Brain: Medial lemniscus The sensory tract. (Medial lemniscus labeled at center right.) Coronal …

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