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1Alternative wine closure — Synthetic wine closure Synthetic wine closures …
2Alternative versions of Captain America — Alternate versions of Captain America Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941) Created by Joe Simon Jack Kirby …
3Curzon Line — For other uses, see Curzon. v · …
4Saint Apollonia — Infobox Saint name=Saint Apollonia birth date=unknown death date=249 feast day=February 9 venerated in=Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Coptic Church imagesize=200px caption= Saint Apollonia , by Francisco de Zurbarán. birth place=… …
5St. Apollonia — St. Apollonia † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Apollonia A holy virgin who suffered martyrdom in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians previous to the persecution of Decius (end of 248, or beginning of 249). During… …
6Heliodorus of Emesa — Heliodorus of Emesa, from Emesa, Syria, was a Greek writer generally dated to the third century AD who is known for the ancient Greek romance or novel called the Aethiopica (the Ethiopian Story ) or sometimes Theagenes and Chariclea .According to …
7History of post-Soviet Russia — With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the Russian Federation became an independent country. Russia was the largest of the fifteen republics that made up the Soviet Union, accounting for over 60% of the GDP and over half of… …
8literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
9performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
10France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
