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  • 122Illinois — • One of the United States of America, bounded on the north by Wisconsin, on the west by the Mississippi, which separates it from Iowa and Missouri, on the south by the confluent waters of the Mississippi and the Ohio, which separate it from… …

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  • 123Mount Olivet —     Mount Olivet     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mount Olivet     (Latin, Mons Olivertus.)     Occurring also in the English Bibles as the Mount of Olives (Mons Olivarum), is the name applied to the hill that is over against Jerusalem (III Kings,… …

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  • 124Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman —     Nicholas Patrick Wiseman     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Nicholas Patrick Wiseman     Cardinal, first Archbishop of Westminster; b. at Seville, 2 Aug., 1802; d. in London, 15 Feb., 1865, younger son of James Wiseman, a merchant of Irish family… …

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  • 125Christopher Hitchens's critiques of public figures — Christopher Hitchens speaking at an engagement in 2007. English American author, journalist, and literary critic Christopher Hitchens (born 1949) is noted for his scathing critiques of public figures. Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger, and Mother… …

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  • 126Inferno (Dante) — Dante s Inferno redirects here. For other uses, see Dante s Inferno (disambiguation). Gustave Doré s engravings illustrated the Divine Comedy (1861–1868); here Dante is lost in Canto 1 of the Inferno …

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  • 127Female genital mutilation — Description Partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs, for non medical reasons Areas practiced Western, eastern, and north eastern Africa, Middle East, Near East, Southeast Asia… …

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  • 128Everybody Draw Mohammed Day — Cartoon, Everybody Draw Mohammed Day! Everybody Draw Mohammed Day was an event held on 20 May 2010 in support of free speech and freedom of artistic express …

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