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  • 101J.S. Pennell: The History of Rome Hanks — ▪ Primary Source       Starkly realistic in its portrayal of Pickett s Charge, this excerpt from Joseph Pennell s novel The History of Rome Hanks and Kindred Matters is a graphic answer to the question William Faulkner poses in his description of …

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  • 102Casey at the Bat — subtitled A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 , is a baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. First published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performan …

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  • 103Commentaries on the Laws of England — Title page of a 1771 American printing of Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone. The Commentaries on the Laws of England [1] are an influential 18th century treatise on the common law of …

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  • 104Thomas M'Crie the Elder — For his eldest son, of the same name, see Thomas M Crie the Younger.Thomas M Crie (November, 1772 August 5, 1835) was a Scottish historian, writer, and preacher born in the town of Dunse, Berwickshire in November 1772. He was the eldest of a… …

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  • 105Military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — Assyrian Army Participant in Assyrian wars of conquest   …

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  • 106Characters in the Novels of the Company — Dr. Zeus Inc., also known simply as the Company, is a fictional entity in a series of time travel science fiction stories by Kage Baker. Most of the characters in the novels are immortal cyborgs created by Company operatives throughout history… …

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  • 107Beliefs and practices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — Mormon doctrine redirects here. For the book by Bruce R. McConkie, see Mormon Doctrine (book). For more details on the study of Latter day Saint beliefs and practices as an academic field, see Mormon studies. Joseph Smith, Jr. said that he saw… …

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  • 108Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Europe) — Content from the United States diplomatic cables leak has depicted Europe and related subjects extensively. The leak, which began on 28 November 2010, occurred when the website of WikiLeaks an international new media non profit organisation that… …

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  • 109Decline and end of the Cucuteni–Trypillian culture — Characteristic example of Cucuteni Trypillian pottery …

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  • 110To beat the hoof — Beat Beat (b[=e]t), v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[ a]tan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[=o]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as …

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