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41La Rochefoucauld, François VI, duke de — born Sept. 15, 1613, Paris, France died March 16/17, 1680, Paris French writer. Of a noble family, he joined the army at an early age and was wounded several times. He later played a leading part in the Fronde but gradually won his way back into… …
42Brussels — • Capital of the Kingdom of Belgium Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Brussels Brussels † …
43Leprosy — • A chronic infectious disease caused by the bacillus lepr, characterized by the formation of growths in the skin, mucous membranes, peripheral nerves, bones, and internal viscera, producing various deformities and mutilations of the human body …
44Karl Friedrich Rumohr — Karl Friedrich Rumohr † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Karl Friedrich Rumohr Art historian, b. at Dresden, 1785; d. there, 1843. He became a Catholic in 1804. He was blessed not only with worldly possessions, but also with a practically… …
45Potomania — An intense and persistent desire to drink alcohol to excess. Synonymous with dipsomania. With beer potomania there is an unquenchable thirst for beer (which is hazardous to the health, because beer contains a great deal of water and very little… …
46List of Usagi Yojimbo characters — Inazuma redirects here. For other uses, see Inazuma (disambiguation). Cover of Usagi Yojimbo Volume 3, Issue 52, by Stan Sakai. Kitsune is holding Sachiko. This list of Usagi Yojimbo characters features characters from the Usagi Yojimbo c …
47Metal Arms: Glitch in the System — North American cover art Developer(s) Swingin Ape Studios, Mass Media Inc. Publisher(s) Vivendi …
48Gaki — (GA key) Gaki are doggedly persistent vampiric spirits from Japan that are created when an exceedingly greedy person dies. They are returned to earth and forced to wander with an unquenchable thirst for blood. Gaki are described as having a cold… …
49Jiki-Ketsu-Gaki — (GEE key K ETS oo GAC ee) Variations: GAKI When a person who has made numerous mistakes in his life dies, according to the Japanese Buddhist doctrine, his soul is condemned to reincarnate as a vampiric creature known as a jiki ketsu gaki. It is… …
50prob´ing|ly — probe «prohb», verb, probed, prob|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to search into; examine thoroughly; investigate: »to probe a person s thoughts or feelings to find out why he acted as he did. Man in his unquenchable thirst for oil has probed ever deeper… …
