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  • 71Israelites — • The word designates the descendants of the Patriarch Jacob, or Israel Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Israelites     Israelites      …

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  • 72Casas —     Bartolomé de las Casas     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bartolomé de las Casas     (Originally CASAUS)     Born at Seville, probably in 1474; d. at Madrid, 1566. His family was from France and settled at Seville. He called himself Casaus during… …

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  • 73Israel —     Israelites     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Israelites     The word designates the descendants of the Patriarch Jacob, or Israel. It corresponds to the Hebrew appellation children of Israel , a name by which together with the simple form Israel… …

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  • 74Subversion — Sub*ver sion, n. [L. subversio: cf. F. subversion. See {Subvert}.] The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the… …

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  • 75Georges Danton — Georges Jacques Danton According to a biographer, Danton s height was colossal, his make athletic, his features strongly marked, coarse, and displeasing; his voice shook the domes of the halls .[1] President of the …

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  • 76Capital (political) — A capital is the area of a country, province, region, or state, regarded as enjoying primary status; it is almost always the city which physically encompasses the offices and meeting places of the seat of government and fixed by law, but there… …

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  • 77Liverpool Castle — Infobox Historic building caption=Artist s impression of the castle name=Liverpool Castle location town=Liverpool, Merseyside location country=England map type=Merseyside latitude=53.404934 longitude= 2.988891 architect= client=William de Ferrers …

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  • 78Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi — Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Chief Justice of Iran In office 30 June 1999 – 30 June 2009 Appointed by Ali Khamenei Preceded by Mohammad Yazdi Succeeded by …

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  • 79Hickey's Bengal Gazette — Founded by James Augustus Hickey or Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in gaol for debt, Hickey s Bengal Gazette or the Calcutta General Advertiser was the first English language newspaper, and indeed the first… …

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  • 80Clubmen — were bands of vigilantes during the English Civil War (1642–1651) who tried to protect their localities against the worst excesses of the respective armies of both sides in the war. They sought to club together to prevent their wives and… …

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