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41Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Trudpert — for the order of the same name founded in Le Puy in 1650 see Sisters of St. Joseph also known as Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille The Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Trudpert are a Roman Catholic women s order, now based in St. Trudpert s Abbey in… …
42De Witt, Johan — ▪ Dutch statesman born Sept. 24, 1625, Dordrecht, Neth. died Aug. 20, 1672, The Hague one of the foremost European statesmen of the 17th century who as councillor pensionary (the political leader) of Holland (1653–72) guided the United Provinces …
43Freiburg — • City, archdiocese, and university in the Archduchy of Baden, Germany Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Freiburg Freiburg † …
44Tuscany — • A division of central Italy, includes the provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Massa and Carrara, Pisa, and Siena Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Tuscany Tuscany …
45St. Janes Frances de Chantal — St. Jane Frances de Chantal † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Jane Frances de Chantal Born at Dijon, France, 28 January, 1572; died at the Visitation Convent Moulins, 13 December, 1641. Her father was president of the Parliament of… …
46Jin-qua — Jin qua, is a character in James Clavell s novel Tai Pan . His full Chinese name is Chen tse Jin Arn.Jin qua was a merchant who possessed a monopoly on all the foreign trade in China during the early 19th century.With the arrival of the British… …
47Blonde lace — is a continuous bobbin lace from France that is made of silk. The term blonde refers to the natural color of the silk thread. Originally this lace was made with the natural colored silk, and later in black.cite book|last=Raffel|first=Marta… …
48Vira Boarman Whitehouse — Mr. and Mrs. Norman DeR. Whitehouse in 1914 Vira Boarman Whitehouse (September 16, 1875 April 11, 1957) was the owner of the Whitehouse Leather Company, and a suffragette and early proponent of birth control.[1] …
49WILLIAM III — king of England, born at The Hague, son of William II., Prince of Orange, by Mary, the daughter of Charles I.; during a contest on the part of the United Provinces with Louis XIV. was, in 1672, elected Stadtholder, and by his valour and wisdom …
50Late-2000s financial crisis — The TED spread (in red) increased significantly during the financial crisis, reflecting an increase in perceived credit risk …
