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  • 1balance of mind disturbed —    British    a temporary insanity    Legal jargon, especially of suicides where people want to bury the corpse in consecrated ground, or merely to reject the probability that someone had been driven to suicide as a rational choice:     The… …

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  • 2disturbed — dis|turbed [dıˈstə:bd US ə:rbd] adj 1.) not behaving normally because of a mental condition mentally/emotionally disturbed ▪ the care of emotionally disturbed children ▪ while the balance of his mind was disturbed 2.) worried or upset disturbed… …

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  • 3The Byzantine Empire —     The Byzantine Empire     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Byzantine Empire     The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at …

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  • 4The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman —   …

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  • 5balance — bal|ance1 W2S2 [ˈbæləns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(steady)¦ 2¦(equal amounts)¦ 3 on balance 4¦(surprise somebody)¦ 5¦(bank)¦ 6¦(money owed)¦ 7¦(remaining)¦ 8 be/hang in the balance 9 tip/swing the balance 10¦(for weighing)¦ …

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  • 6The Moody Blues — in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California in 2005. L R: Justin Hayward, Graeme Edge and John Lodge. Background information Origin …

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  • 7Spinoza: the moral and political philosophy — The moral and political philosophy of Spinoza Hans W.Blom Spinoza as a moral and political philosopher was the proponent of a radical and extremely consistent version of seventeenth century Dutch naturalism. As a consequence of the burgeoning… …

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  • 8List of The Bill characters (M-P) — This is a list of characters from the police drama The Bill ordered alphabetically by character surname. For a full list of characters ordered by rank, see list of The Bill characters. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at… …

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  • 9Peter Llewelyn Davies — infobox person name = Peter Llewelyn Davies caption = Davies in 1917 at age 20 birth date = 25 February 1897 birth place = London death date = 5 April 1960 death place = London other names = known for = foster son of J. M. Barrie occupation =… …

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  • 10Jock Delves Broughton — Sir Henry John Jock Delves Broughton, 11th Baronet (1883 5 December 1942) was a baronet who inherited the baronetcy of Broughton in 1914. He is chiefly known for his trial in Kenya for the murder of 22nd Earl of Erroll, who had been conducting an …

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