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41Brazilian rock — Infobox Music genre name = Brazilian rock|bgcolor = navy color = white stylistic origins = North American and British rock music, samba, forró and other Brazilian genres cultural origins = Brazil in late 1950s; fusion genres from the late 1960s… …
42Argentine rock — The moment when Argentine rock began as a distinct musical style can be traced to the middle 1960s, when several garage groups and aspiring musicians began composing songs and lyrics that related to local social and musical themes. Rock Roll… …
43Three Witnesses — The Three Witnesses were a group of three early leaders of the Latter Day Saint movement who signed a statement in 1830 saying that an angel had shown them the golden plates from which Joseph Smith, Jr. translated the Book of Mormon and that they …
44Roman infantry tactics — refers to the theoretical and historical deployment, formation and maneuvers of the Roman infantry from the start of the Roman Republic to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The article first presents a short overview of Roman training. Roman… …
45Matrimonial dispensation — A matrimonial dispensation is the relaxation in a particular case of an impediment prohibiting or annulling a marriage. It may be granted: (a) in favour of a contemplated marriage or to legitimize one already contracted; (b) in secret cases, or… …
46Pat Robertson controversies — Pat Robertson is outspoken in both his faith and his politics and controversies surrounding him have sometimes made the headlines. Many of these comments were made on his daily talk show, The 700 Club .Faith healerIn the 1970s and 1980s Robertson …
47Contrasts (Bartók) — Contrasts (Sz. 111, BB 116) is a 1938 composition scored for clarinet violin piano trio by Béla Bartók (1881 1945). It is based on Hungarian and Romanian dance melodies and has three movements with a combined duration of 17 20 minutes. Bartók… …
48Holocaust in Norway — In the middle of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, there were 2,173 Jews in Norway. At least 775 of these were arrested, detained, and/or deported. 742 were murdered in the camps, 23 died as a result of extrajudicial execution, murder,… …
49Frederick I — 1. ( Frederick Barbarossa ) 1123? 90, king of Germany 1152 90; king of Italy 1152 90: emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1152 90. 2. 1194 1250, king of Sicily 1198 1212: as Frederick II, king of Germany and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1215 50 …
50novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; <… …
