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61The Bahama Islands — The Bahama Islands † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bahama Islands (Or LUCAYOS) The most northerly group of the West Indies, are a chain of coral islands lying between 21°42 and 27°34 N. lat., and 72°40 and 79°5 W. long., composed of …
62The Dominican Republic — The Dominican Republic † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Dominican Republic (SAN DOMINGO, SANTO DOMINGO). The Dominican Republic is the eastern, and much larger political division of the island now comprehensively known as Haiti,… …
63The Irish (in Countries Other Than Ireland) — The Irish (in countries other than Ireland) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Irish (in countries other than Ireland) I. IN THE UNITED STATES Who were the first Irish to land on the American continent and the time of their arrival are …
64The University of Turin — The University of Turin † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The University of Turin The University of Turin was founded in 1404, when the lectures at Piacenza and Pavia were interrupted by the wars of Lombardy. Some of the professors of… …
65The Vatican as a Scientific Institute — The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute Regarded from the point of view of scientific productivity, the Vatican is the busiest scientific workshop in Rome.… …
66The Very Old Folk — is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It is reportedly a recording of a dream, where the main protagonist is a Roman military official in Hispania. The countryside is, every year, ravaged by terrible hill people who… …
67The North (A Song of Ice and Fire) — The North refers to a region in the fictional series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. The North is the area north of The Neck, and has been ruled by House Stark from Winterfell, first as Kings of the North and later as liege lords… …
68The Orphans series — The Orphans is a novelized miniseries credited to V. C. Andrews, but ghostwritten by Andrew Neiderman. It focuses on the lives of four teenage girls and their lives as orphans. The first four novels each focus on one of the four main characters,… …
69The Big Six (Ghana) — The Big Six were six leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), the leading political party in the British colony of the Gold Coast. They were detained by the colonial authorities in 1948 following disturbances leading to the killing of… …
70The Crowd Farm Project — The Crowd Farm is a project conceived by MIT students Tad Juscyzk and James Graham and announced at the Holcim Forum 2007 awards ceremony. The goal of the project is to convert the energy of human movement in urban settings to energy suitable for …
