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  • 11contention — con|ten|tion [ kən tenʃən ] noun FORMAL * 1. ) count an opinion or statement that something is true, especially one made during a discussion or argument: My main contention is that we should be educating children to be good citizens. 2. ) uncount …

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  • 12The Ashes — Infobox cricket tournament main name = The Ashes imagesize = 220px caption = The Ashes urn is reputed to contain a burnt item of cricket equipment, possibly a bail. administrator = International Cricket Council cricket format = Test tournament… …

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  • 13Contention — Con*ten tion, n. [F. contention, L. contentio. See {Contend}.] 1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife. [1913 Webster] I would my arms could match thee in contention. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Strife in… …

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  • 14The Law of Conservation of Energy —     The Law of Conservation of Energy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of Conservation of Energy     Amongst the gravest objections raised by the progress of modern science against Theism, the possibility of Miracles, free will, the… …

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  • 15The Protocols of the Elders of Zion — ( Protocols of the wise men of Zion , Library of Congress s Uniform Title; ru. Протоколы сионских мудрецов , or Сионские протоколы ; see also other titles) is an antisemitic tract alleging a Jewish and Masonic plot to achieve world domination. It …

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  • 16The Adventure of the Crooked Man — The Adventure of the Crooked Man, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes .ynopsisHolmes calls on Watson late one… …

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  • 17The Ramsay Principle — is the shorthand name given to the decision of the House of Lords in two important cases in the field of UK tax, reported in 1982: * Ramsay v. IRC, the full name of which is W. T. Ramsay Ltd. v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, Eilbeck (Inspector of …

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  • 18The Triumph of Beauty — is a Caroline era masque, written by James Shirley and first published in 1646. The masque shows a strong influence of Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream. The plot of the masque draws upon one of the most famous tales of Greek mythology, the …

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  • 19The Skeptical Environmentalist — Infobox Book name = The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World title orig = Verdens Sande Tilstand translator = image caption = author = Bjørn Lomborg illustrator = cover artist = country = language = series = subject …

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  • 20Priest-penitent privilege in England from the Reformation to the nineteenth century — The doctrine of priest penitent privilege does not apply in the UK. Before the Reformation, England was a Roman Catholic country and the Seal of the Confessional had great authority in the English courts. However, the Reformation was followed by… …

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