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  • 71Gregory I —     Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     Doctor of the Church; born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory     is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical… …

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  • 72Pope St. Gregory I (the Great) —     Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     Doctor of the Church; born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory     is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical… …

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  • 73St. Gregory the Great —     Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     Doctor of the Church; born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory     is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical… …

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  • 74Criticism — is the judgement of the merits and faults of the work or actions of an individual or group by another (the critic). To criticize does not necessarily imply to find fault, but the word is often taken to mean the simple expression of an objection… …

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  • 75David Durell — D.D. (1728–1775) was Principal of Hertford College, Oxford from 1757 to 1775,[1] Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1765 to 1768,[2][3] and a noted Old Testament scholar of his day.[citation needed] Content …

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  • 76Mind games — This article is about a psychological term. For other meanings, see Mind Games (disambiguation). The term mind games refers to three main categories:[citation needed] a largely conscious struggle for psychological one upmanship, often employing… …

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  • 77Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship — Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, is the most popular alternative candidate for the author behind the alleged pseudonym, Shakespeare. Unknown artist after lost original, 1575; National Portrait Gallery, London. The Oxfordian theory of… …

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  • 78court — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. solicit, invite; curry favor, cultivate, cajole, praise; woo, sue, make love to. Informal, spark. n. enclosure, [court]yard, quadrangle, patio; tribunal, bench, bar, jurisdiction, session;… …

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  • 79fawn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. cringe, grovel, toady, truckle, cower, ingratiate, curry favor. See servility, flattery. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cringe, flatter, court, grovel, crouch, bow, stoop, kneel, creep, fall on one s… …

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  • 80slaver — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. slobber, drivel; fawn. See excretion, servility. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To let saliva run from the mouth: dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slobber. See DRY, MOUTH. 2. To support… …

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