to commend sb for
101Theodore Roosevelt: The Conservation of Public Lands — ▪ Primary Source President Roosevelt was a conservationist by nature. An enthusiastic outdoorsman, he also recognized that the industrial transformation of the United States since the Civil War had made coal, timber, and other natural… …
102Trial by combat — 1540s depiction of a 1409 judicial combat in Augsburg (Paulus Hector Mair, Munich cod. icon. 393) Trial by combat (also wager of battle, trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of… …
103Patrick MacAlister — (1826 1895) was an Irish Roman Catholic Prelate and 24th Lord Bishop of Down and Connor.CareerMacAlister was born in Bonecastle, parish of Down, was baptized by Fr Cornelius Denvir (afterwards Lord Bishop of Down and Connor) on April 12th,… …
104Asma bint Abi Bakr — Asmaa bint Abu Bakr ( ar. أسماء بنت أبي بكر) was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.FamilyShe was Abu Bakr s daughter. Her mother was Qutaylah bint Abd al Uzza. She was the half sister of Aishah and Muhammad ibn Abi… …
105Maria Adeodata Pisani — Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani Born December 29, 1806(1806 12 29) Naples, Italy Died February 25, 1855( …
106Fujiwara family — Dynastic family that dominated Japanese court government in the 9th–12th centuries. The family maintained a close relationship to the imperial family by marrying its daughters to emperors so that their grandsons and nephews became emperors. The… …
107Alfred Blunt — (1879 1957), second bishop of Bradford (1931 1955). He is best known for a speech that exacerbated the Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII. [http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.1053791.0.notsoblunt words that stopped coronation.php]… …
108recommend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. commend, advise, suggest; commit, entrust; urge, advocate. See advice, approbation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To lend support or approval] Syn. agree to, sanction, approve, hold up, commend, extol,… …
109Approbation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Approbation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 approbation approbation Sgm: N 1 approval approval approvement Sgm: N 1 sanction sanction advocacy Sgm: N 1 nod of approbation nod of approbation Sgm: N 1 esteem …
110Anna Boleyn — Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn[1] [ˈbʊlɪn, bʊˈlɪn], 1. Marchioness of Pembroke (* 1501[2] oder 1507[3], wahrscheinlich in Blickling/Norfolk; † 19. Mai …
