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  • 41Epicharmus — ▪ Greek poet born c. 530 BC died c. 440 BC       Greek poet who, according to the Suda lexicon of the 10th century AD, was the originator of Sicilian (or Dorian) comedy. He was born in a Dorian colony, either Megara Hybaea or Syracuse, both on… …

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  • 42Giacomo Da Lentini — ▪ Italian poet also called  Jacopo Da Lentini   flourished 13th century       senior poet of the Sicilian school and notary at the court of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick II. Celebrated during his life, he was acclaimed as a master by the poets …

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  • 43Rosi, Francesco — (1922 )    Director and screenwriter. After abandoning law studies at university, undertaken only to please his father, and following various unsuccessful attempts at making a living as an illustrator of children s books and a vaudeville actor,… …

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  • 44Rosi, Francesco — (1922 )    Director and screenwriter. After abandoning law studies at university, undertaken only to please his father, and following various unsuccessful attempts at making a living as an illustrator of children s books and a vaudeville actor,… …

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  • 45List of poets — This is a list of poets. It lists notable poets. Alphabetical listcompactTOC NOTOC A Ab Ak*Dannie Abse (born 1923), English poet *Milton Acorn (1923 ndash;1986), Canadian poet, writer, and playwright *Léonie Adams (1899 ndash;1988), American poet …

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  • 46Fumarole — A fumarole (Latin fumus , smoke) is an opening in Earth s (or any other astronomical body s) crust, often in the neighborhood of volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric acid, and hydrogen… …

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  • 47Mamluk — For other uses, see Mamluk (disambiguation). An Egyptian Mamluk in full armor and armed with lance, shield, sabre and pistols. A Mamluk (Turkish: Memlük, also called Kölemen; Arabic: مملوك (singular), مماليك mamālīk (plural), owned ; also… …

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  • 48Hypocoristic — A hypocoristic, hypocorism, or hypochorisma (from Greek el. ὑποκορίζεσθαι el. hypokorizesthai , to use child talk Oxford English Dictionary, online edition: hypocorism , accessed 2008 06 24] ) is a lesser form of the given name used in more… …

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  • 49Tom Hagen — Infobox character colour = #DEDEE2 name = Thomas Tom Hagen caption = Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) first = The Godfather (novel) last = cause = nickname = alias = species = gender = Male occupation = Lawyer/Consigliere title = family = Corleone… …

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  • 50Paolo Boccone — Paolo Silvio Boccone (24 April 1633 22 December 1704) was an Italian botanist from Sicily, whose interest in plants had been sparked by a visit to the botanical gardens ( l Orto Botanico ) founded in Messina by the Roman doctor Pietro Castelli,… …

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