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  • 11instinct — instinct1 /in stingkt/, n. 1. an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species. 2. a natural or innate impulse, inclination, or tendency. 3. a natural aptitude or gift: an instinct for making money. 4.… …

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  • 12Andrew Jackson: First Annual Message to Congress — ▪ Primary Source              The election of Andrew Jackson in 1828 marked several important changes in American political life. Traditionally, the President had been a member of a previous President s Cabinet, and what is more a man who had… …

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  • 13St. Thomas Becket —     St. Thomas Becket     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Thomas Becket     Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury, born at London, 21 December, 1118 (?); died at Canterbury, 29 December, 1170. St. Thomas was born of parents who, coming from Normandy,… …

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  • 14rhythm — rhythmless, adj. /ridh euhm/, n. 1. movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like. 2. Music. a. the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic… …

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  • 15James Monroe: The Monroe Doctrine — ▪ Primary Source        The Monroe Doctrine, in Monroe s handwriting, 1823 The Granger Collection, New York City       The Monroe Doctrine comprised some general remarks on foreign policy that President James Monroe included in his annual message …

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  • 16Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen — Infobox British Royalty|majesty|consort name =Adelaide of Saxe Meiningen title =Queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover caption =Portrait by Sir William Beechey, c.1831 reign =26 June 1830 – 20 June 1837 coronation =8 September 1831… …

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  • 17Origins (Judge Dredd story) — For other uses of origins in comics, see Origins (comics). Origins Cover of 2000 AD prog. 1505 (Sept 13 2006). Issue containing the first episode of Origins. Illustration by Brian Bolland. Publisher …

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  • 18Caesar and Cleopatra (play) — Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound s Conversion and The Devil s Disciple in his 1901 collection, Three Plays for Puritans . It was first… …

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  • 19Fatalism — • The view which holds that all events in the history of the world, and, in particular, the actions and incidents which make up the story of each individual life, are determined by fate Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fatalism      …

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  • 20deny — deny, gainsay, contradict, negative, traverse, impugn, contravene are comparable as meaning, when they refer to an act, to declare something untrue, untenable, or unworthy of consideration or, when they refer to a condition, to go counter to what …

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