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91Robert Edward Petre, 9th Baron Petre — (March 1742 Ingatestone Hall – 2 July 1801) was a British peer.Lord Petre was the son of Robert Petre, 8th Baron Petre (1713 1742), a reknown horticulturist, and Lady Henrietta Anna Mary Barbara Radclyffe (1714 1760), daughter of the 3rd Earl of… …
92Desperate Housewives (season 5) — Desperate Housewives Season 5 ABC promotional poster for the fifth season of Desperate Housewives. From left to right: Edie, Bree, Susan, Lynette, and Gabrielle. Country of origin United Sta …
931948 Palestinian exodus — Palestinian refugees in 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus (Arabic: الهجرة الفلسطينية, al Hijra al Filasṭīnīya), also known as the Nakba (Arabic: النكبة, an Nakbah, lit. disaster , catastrophe , or cataclysm ),[1] …
94Côte d'Ivoire — /koht dee vwannrdd / French name of Ivory Coast. * * * Cote d Ivoire Introduction Cote d Ivoire Background: Close ties to France since independence in 1960, the development of cocoa production for export, and foreign investment made Cote d Ivoire …
95Mongolia — /mong goh lee euh, mon /, n. 1. a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People s Republic. 2. Also, Nei Monggol. See Inner Mongolia. 3. Outer, former name of Mongolian People s Republic. * * * Mongolia Introduction… …
96Don Juan (ballet) — Christoph Willibald von Gluck by Joseph Duplessis (1775) Don Juan ou Le Festin de Pierre (Don Juan, or the Stone Guest s Banquet) is a ballet with a libretto by Ranieri de Calzabigi, music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck, and choreography by… …
97Haj Amin al-Husseini — al Husseini in 1929. Grand Mufti of Jerusalem In office 1921–1948 Preceded by …
98JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …
99RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… …
100YAMMIT REGION — Upbuilding Of all the new regions whose development was projected after the 1967 Six Day War, the northeast corner of Sinai initially appeared to be the least promising. This was the Rafiah Salient, which later became known as the Yammit Region,… …
