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  • 21literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 22PJ Harvey — performing live in September 2004. Background information Birth name Polly Jean Harvey Born 9 October 1969 …

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  • 23WRITING — (Scripts, Materials, and Inscriptions). SCRIPTS AND MATERIALS General Survey From the end of the third millennium B.C.E., the art of writing was practiced in the ancient Near East (see alphabet ). Here, the pictographic, cuneiform, and… …

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  • 24Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology       Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …

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  • 25painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… …

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  • 26Nationality Rooms — Coordinates: 40°26′40″N 79°57′12″W / 40.444426°N 79.953423°W / 40.444426; 79.953423 …

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  • 27Billiard ball — Cueball redirects here. For the video game, see Jimmy White s 2: Cueball. Cue balls from (left to right): Russian pool and kaisa 68 mm (2 11⁄16 …

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  • 28Arthur Currie — Infobox Military Person name= Sir Arthur William Currie lived=December 5, 1875 ndash; November 30, 1933 placeofbirth=Strathroy, Ontario placeofdeath=Montreal, Quebec placeofburial=Mount Royal Cemetery Montreal, Quebec caption=General Sir Arthur… …

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  • 29James Ossuary — The James ossuary was on display at the Royal Ontario Museum from November 15, 2002 to January 5, 2003. The James Ossuary is a 2,000 year old chalk box that was used for containing the bones of the dead. The Aramaic inscription: Ya akov bar Yosef …

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  • 30publishing, history of — Introduction       an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the… …

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