his deficiencies as a poet
21Red Panda Adventures — The Red Panda Adventures = Current Series The Red Panda Adventures is a lighthearted adventure series in the style of old time radio that follows the 1930s adventures of Canada s greatest superhero , the Red Panda, and his trusty sidekick, the… …
22textual criticism — n. the scholarly study of the text of a written work, often, specif., in an effort to determine the original or most authoritative form of that work * * * Introduction the technique of restoring texts as nearly as possible to their original …
23Homosexuality in ancient Rome — Male couple on an oil lamp Same sex attitudes and behaviors in ancient Rome often differ markedly from those of the contemporary West. Latin lacks words that would precisely translate homosexual and heterosexual. The primary dichotomy of ancient… …
24dictionary — /dik sheuh ner ee/, n., pl. dictionaries. 1. a book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, etc., expressed in… …
25Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet …
26Los Angeles — /laws an jeuh leuhs, leez , los/ or, often, /laws ang geuh leuhs, leez , los/ a seaport in SW California. 2,966,763; with suburbs 6,997,000; 452 sq. mi. (1170 sq. km). * * * City (pop., 2000: 3,694,820), southern California, U.S. The second… …
27ELEAZAR BEN JACOB HA-BAVLI — (c. 1195–1250), Hebrew poet of Baghdad. Eleazar seems to have been a sort of house poet for the well to do Jewish families of Iraq. He represents himself as a disciple of Moses ben Sheshet al Andalusi, who introduced him to the techniques of… …
28Matteo Maria Boiardo — Matteo Maria Boiardo † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Matteo Maria Boiardo An Italian poet, b. about 1434, at, or near, Scandiano (Reggio Emilia); d. at Reggio, 20 December, 1494. The son of Giovanni di Feltrino and Lucia Strossi, he was of… …
29European influence in Afghanistan — History of Afghanistan Timeline …
30Ali — See also: Nahj al Balagha For other persons named Ali, see Ali (name). For other uses, see Ali (disambiguation). Ali ibn Abu Talib …
