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21Finno-Ugric religion — Pre Christian belief systems of the Finno Ugric peoples, who lived in northern Scandinavia, Siberia, the Baltic region, and central Europe. Surviving Finno Ugric groups include the Sami (Lapps), Finns, Estonians, and Magyars. The geographic and… …
22Aristotle: Aesthetics and philosophy of mind — David Gallop AESTHETICS Aesthetics, as that field is now understood, does not form the subjectmatter of any single Aristotelian work. No treatise is devoted to such topics as the essential nature of a work of art, the function of art in general,… …
23Dwight York — This article is about Dwight York, the Nuwaubian leader. For the football (soccer) player, see Dwight Yorke. York (center) as member of the musical group Passion (ca. 1980) …
24Errol Morris — (born February 5, 1948) is an American Academy Award winning documentary film director. In 2003 The Guardian listed him as number seven in their [http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/page/0,11456,1082823,00.html list] of the world s 40 best… …
25cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …
26Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… …
27Horatio Hornblower — Admiral of the Fleet Horatio Hornblower, 1st Baron Hornblower, GCB, is a fictional protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs. Ernest Hemingway is quoted as saying, I recommend… …
28Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer — Otmar von Verschuer (rear) supervises the measurement of two men s head circumference as part of an anthropometric study of heredity. Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer (16 July 1896, Wildeck, Hesse Nassau – 8 August 1969) was a German human biologist… …
29meat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pith, essence, substance, core. See food, meaning. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Animal flesh] Syn. food, flesh, veal, mutton, lamb, chicken, turkey, goose, duck, rabbit, venison, goat s meat, horsemeat; see …
30point — I 1. noun 1) the point of a needle Syn: tip, (sharp) end, extremity; prong, spike, tine, nib, barb 2) points of light Syn: pinpoint, dot, spot, speck …
