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  • 61Knownothingism — • Article on this 1850s United States anti immigrant movement Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Knownothingism     Knownothingism      …

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  • 62JEWISH IDENTITY — Through the ages Jewish identity has been determined by two forces: the consensus of thinking or feeling within the existing Jewish community in each age and the force of outside, often anti Jewish, pressure, which continued to define and to… …

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  • 63Military history of Sweden — History of Sweden Prehistoric Viking Age 800–1050 Consolidation Middle Ages 1050–1397 …

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  • 64vindicate — vindicator, n. /vin di kayt /, v.t., vindicated, vindicating. 1. to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone s honor. 2. to afford justification for; justify: Subsequent events vindicated his policy.… …

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  • 65Apostolic Succession — • Article claims that Apostolic succession is found in the Catholic Church and not in others Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apostolic Succession     Apostolic Succession …

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  • 66Northampton, Battle of — (1460)    Resulting in the capture of HENRY VI by the Yorkists, and in the deaths of several key Lancastrian noblemen, the Battle of Northampton, fought outside the town of Northampton on 10 July 1460, was a major turning point in the Wars of the …

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  • 67appropriate — Synonyms and related words: a propos, absorb, abstract, acceptable, according to Hoyle, accroach, ad rem, adapted, admissible, adopt, advantageous, advisable, agreeable, allocate, allot, and, annex, appertaining, applicable, applying, appoint,… …

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  • 68Internal reconstruction — is a method of recovering information about a language s past from the characteristics of the language at a later date. Whereas the comparative method compares variations between languages such as in sets of cognates under the assumption that… …

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  • 69prescribe — pre•scribe [[t]prɪˈskraɪb[/t]] v. scribed, scrib•ing 1) to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin 2) med to designate or order the use of (a medicine, treatment, etc.) 3) to… …

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  • 70Urban planning — Housing and Urban Development redirects here. For the Cabinet department of the United States government, see United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Urban planning designs settlements, from the smallest towns to the largest… …

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