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  • 51defense economics — Field of national economic management concerned with peacetime and wartime military expenditures. It arose in response to the greater scale and sophistication of warfare in the 20th century. Most nations seek to avoid the vast financial and human …

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  • 52Francois Fenelon —     François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon     A celebrated French bishop and author, b. in the Château de Fénelon in Périgord (Dordogne), 6 August, 1651; d. at Cambrai, 7… …

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  • 53American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which …

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  • 54Electronic amplifier — A practical amplifier circuit An electronic amplifier is a device for increasing the power of a signal. It does this by taking energy from a power supply and controlling the output to match the input signal shape but with a larger amplitude. In… …

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  • 55United States Congress — For the current Congress, see 112th United States Congress. United States Congress 112th United States Congress …

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  • 56AGGADAH or HAGGADAH — (Heb. הַגָּדָה, אַגָּדָה; narrative ), one of the two primary components of rabbinic tradition, the other being halakhah, usually translated as Jewish Law (see: kadushin , The Rabbinic Mind, 59f.). The term aggadah itself is notoriously difficult …

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  • 57SAMARITANS — This article is arranged according to the following outline: history samaritan origins samaritans in the time of nehemiah the samaritans in the second temple period samaritans in the graeco roman diaspora excavations on mt. gerizim late roman to… …

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  • 58rug and carpet — Any decorative textile normally made of a thick material and intended as a floor covering. Floor coverings made of plaited rushes date from the 5th or 4th millennium BC. Carpets were first made in central and western Asia as coverings for earthen …

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  • 59Whole Earth Catalog — Infobox Company name = Whole Earth Access Catalog type = Private subsidiary genre = foundation = Menlo Park, California (1968) founder = Stewart Brand location city = location country = location = 558 Santa Cruz Ave, Menlo Park, California 94025… …

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  • 60History of Western typography — Contemporary typographers view typography as craft with a very long history tracing its origins back to the first punches and dies used to make seals and currency in ancient times. The basic elements of typography are at least as old as… …

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