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21history, philosophy of — Branch of philosophy concerned with questions about the meaningfulness of history and the nature of historical explanation. Philosophy of history in the traditional sense is conceived to be a first order inquiry, its subject matter being the… …
22The Holocaust — Holocaust and Shoah redirect here. For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). Selection on …
23Jayne Mansfield in popular culture — Actress, singer, Playboy Playmate and stage show performer Jayne Mansfield, despite her limited success in Hollywood, had an enormous impact on popular culture of the late 1950s and has remained a popular subject in popular culture ever since.… …
24FiranMUX — HistoryFiranMUX was created by Stephanie and Adam Dray of Maryland, with the help of many volunteers. The Firan world began the game as a table top role playing game in the mid 1990s. After a few years, the Drays decided to start an online game,… …
25Buffy studies — is a subset of the academic field of cultural studies. It explores issues related to gender as expressed through the content of the television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer and, to a lesser extent, Angel . Such work is concerned with the… …
26Social mobility — Sociology …
27History of the Jews in Latvia — The History of the Jews in Latvia dates back to 1571. Although the vast majority of the Jewish community was killed in the HolocaustFact|date=July 2007, there is a small Jewish community in Latvia today.General historyThe nucleus of Latvian Jewry …
28Consumer choice — Economics …
29LATVIA — (Lettish Latvija; Rus. Latviya; Ger. Lettland; Pol. Łołwa), one of the Baltic states of N.E. Europe; from 1940 to 1991 the Latvian S.S.R. The nucleus of Latvian Jewry was formed by the Jews of Livonia (Livland) and courland , the two… …
30KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …
