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41Frank Marshall Davis — Infobox Writer name = Frank Marshall Davis imagesize = caption = birthdate = birth date|1905|12|31|mf=y birthplace = Arkansas City, Kansas deathdate = death date and age|1987|7|26|1905|12|31 deathplace = Honolulu, Hawaii occupation = journalist,… …
42Herring Buss — A Herring Buss (Dutch: Haring Buis ) was a type of sea going fishing vessel, used by Dutch herring fishermen in the 15th through early 19th centuries.ConstructionThe ship type Buss has a long history. It was already known around the time of the… …
43perpetual motion — Mech. the motion of a theoretical mechanism that, without any losses due to friction or other forms of dissipation of energy, would continue to operate indefinitely at the same rate without any external energy being applied to it. [1585 95] * * * …
44Tanzania — Tanzanian, n., adj. /tan zeuh nee euh/; Swahili. /tahn zah nee ah/, n. a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by the merger of the republic of Tanganyika and the former island sultanate of Zanzibar (including Pemba and adjacent small islands).… …
45Clement of Alexandria, Saint — Latin Titus Flavius Clemens born 150, Athens died between 211 and 215, Palestine; Western feast day November 23; Eastern feast day November 24 Christian apologist, missionary theologian to the Hellenistic world, and leader of the catechetical… …
46Ẓāhirīyah — ▪ Islamic law Arabic“Literalists” followers of an Islamic legal and theological school that insisted on strict adherence to the literal text (ẓāhir) of the Qurʾān and Ḥadīth (sayings and actions of the Prophet Muḥammad (Muhammad)) as the… …
47Brethren of the Common Life — Brethren of the Common Life † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Brethren of the Common Life A community founded by Geert De Groote, of rich burgher stock, born at Deventer in Gelderland in 1340; died 1384. Having read at Cologne, at the… …
48Frederick Lucas — Frederick Lucas † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Frederick Lucas A member of Parliament and journalist, b. in Westminster, 30 March, 1812, d. at Staines, Middlesex, 22 Oct., 1855. He was the second son of Samuel Hayhurst Lucas, a London corn …
49History of Boston — 1740 Faneuil Hall, sketch by John Smybert The 18th century Old State House in Bosto …
50apathy — Although it is the particular enemy of teachers and sports coaches, apathy often gets a good philosophical press, especially in ethical systems that regard desire and worldly interest as low and unworthy. Plato recognizes the need for passion or… …
