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  • 51Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …

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  • 52arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 53Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 54Spanish literature — Introduction       the body of literary works produced in Spain. Such works fall into three major language divisions: Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these three literatures and… …

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  • 55Miguel Angel Asturias: Nobel Lecture — ▪ Primary Source       Nobel Lecture, 12th December 1967       (Translation)       The Latin American Novel       Testimony of an Epoch       I would have preferred this meeting to have been called a colloquium instead of lecture a dialogue of… …

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  • 56Pentateuch — • The name of the first five books of the Old Testament. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pentateuch     Pentatuch     † …

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  • 57Dunkeld and Dowally —    DUNKELD and DOWALLY, a parish, in the county of Perth, 15 miles (N. by W.) from Perth, and 55 (N. N. W.) from Edinburgh; comprising the ancient city of Dunkeld, partly within the parish of Caputh; for many years the seat of the primacy of the… …

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  • 58Pale Fire — Infobox Book name = Pale Fire image caption = First US edition of Pale Fire author = Vladimir Nabokov country = United States language = English genre = publisher = G. P. Putnam s Sons release date = 1962 (corrected edition first published by… …

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  • 59Cicely Mary Barker — Barker in her teens Born Cicely Mary Barker 28 June 1895 Croydon, Surrey, England Died 16 February 1973 …

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  • 60Tralee — Infobox Irish Place name = Tralee gaeilge = Trá Lí crest motto = Vis Unita Fortior United Strength is Stronger map pin coords = left: 75px; top: 49px north coord = 52.2675 west coord = 9.6962 irish grid = Q828141 area = elevation = 37 m province …

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