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111ground — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. earth, terra firma, soil; foundation, basis; cause, reason; viewpoint. See covering. v. base, establish; settle, fix; instruct. adj. pulverized, grated; whittled, sharpened, abraded. See land, support …
112place — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lieu, spot, point; niche, nook, hole; premises, precinct, station; locality; somewhere, someplace, anyplace; situation. v. t. locate, identify; arrange; put, repose; employ, engage. See abode,… …
113FRANCE — (Heb. פְרַאנְצִיָּה and צָרְפַת), country in Western Europe. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: from the first settlements unil the revolution the roman and merovingian periods from the carolingians until the eve of the… …
114Prayer — For other uses, see Prayer (disambiguation). Mary Magdalene by Ary Scheffer (1795–1858). Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or …
115Pope Gregory VII — Infobox Pope English name=Gregory VII birth name=Ildebrando di Soana term start=April 22, 1073 term end=May 25, 1085 predecessor=Alexander II successor=Victor III birth date=c. 1020 birthplace=Sovana, Italy dead=dead|death date=death… …
116The Culture — is a fictional interstellar anarchist, socialist, and utopian[1][2] society created by the Scottish writer Iain M. Banks which features in a number of science fiction novels and works of short fiction by him, collectively called the Culture… …
117First Anglo–Dutch War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Anglo Dutch War caption= The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. 1654, depicts the final battle of the First Anglo Dutch War. date=1652 1654 place=English… …
118Earth sheltering — is the architectural practice of using earth against building walls for external thermal mass, to reduce heat loss, and to easily maintain a steady indoor air temperature. Earth sheltering is popular in modern times among advocates of passive… …
119Bohemond I of Antioch — Bohemond I (also spelled Bohemund or Boamund; c. 1058 ndash;3 March 1111), Prince of Taranto and Prince of Antioch, [Bohemond does not appear as Prince of Taranto in his own lifetime. That title was first used by Roger II of Sicily in 1132. It… …
120The Daily Show — Also known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Genre …
