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  • 12Sviatoslav Richter — Infobox musical artist Name = Sviatoslav Richter Img size = 180 Background = non vocal instrumentalist Birth name = nowrap|Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter Born = OldStyleDate|March 20|1915|March 7 Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) Died =… …

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  • 13Charles Sumner — For other people named Charles Sumner, see Charles Sumner (disambiguation). Charles Sumner Daguerreotype of Senator Sumner, 1855 United States Senator from Massachusetts …

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  • 14Potter family — The following are fictional characters in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. They are all relatives of the main character, Harry Potter.The PottersJames and Lily Potter had a son, Harry James Potter, born on 31 July, 1980. In… …

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  • 15Emperor Xuanzong of Tang — This article is about the well known seventh emperor of Tang Dynasty. For his descendant whose temple name is also rendered Xuanzong in pinyin, see Emperor Xuānzong of Tang. Li Longji Emperor of Tang Dynasty Reign …

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  • 16Secondary characters in Calvin and Hobbes — Bill Watterson s comic strip Calvin and Hobbes features a wide range of secondary characters. These range from his fellow students at school to monsters and aliens from Calvin s vivid imagination. Contents 1 Calvin s family 1.1 Calvin s father… …

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  • 17Hungary — /hung geuh ree/, n. a republic in central Europe. 9,935,774; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Cap.: Budapest. Hungarian, Magyarország. * * * Hungary Introduction Hungary Background: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro Hungarian Empire, which… …

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  • 18japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 19Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 20Palestine — /pal euh stuyn / for 1, 2; /pal euh steen / for 3, n. 1. Also called Holy Land. Biblical name, Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean. 2. a former British mandate (1923 48) comprising part of this country,… …

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