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  • 11discord — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Want of agreement Nouns 1. discord, discordance, disaccord, dissidence, disagreement, dissonance; friction, incompatibility; variance, difference, dissension, dissent; misunderstanding, cross purposes,… …

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  • 12Isaac Mayer Wise — (March 29 1819, Steingrub (now Lomnička), Bohemia, Austrian Empire March 26 1900, Cincinnati), American Reform rabbi, editor, and author.. He soon began agitating for reforms in the service, and his was the first Jewish congregation in the United …

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  • 14Pius IX — (Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti) 1792 1878, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1846 78. * * * orig. Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti born May 13, 1792, Senigallia, Papal States died Feb. 7, 1878, Rome Pope (1846–78). He became an archbishop in 1827, a… …

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  • 15Svyatopolk-Mirsky, Pyotr Danilovich — ▪ Russian statesman Svyatopolk Mirsky also spelled  Sviatopolk mirskii   born 1857 died May 16 [May 29, New Style], 1914, St. Petersburg, Russia       Russian minister of the interior during the years of prerevolutionary unrest.       Svyatopolk… …

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  • 16The Religion of Russia —     The Religion of Russia     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Religion of Russia     A. The Origin of Russian Christianity     There are two theories in regard to the early Christianity of Russia; according to one of them, Russia was Catholic from …

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  • 17bungle — 1. noun /ˈbʌŋɡl/ A botched or incompetently handled situation. 1888 The Soudan bungle was born partly of sentimental loyalty and partly of the aforementioned jealousy existing between the colonies, and now at a time when the colonies should club… …

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  • 19BACON, Francis — (1561 1626) Francis Bacon was a lawyer, man of letters, and philosopher in the Elizabe­than and Jacobean eras. Although he eventually became lord chancellor of En­gland, he is best known for his Essays and writings concerning the new philosophy,… …

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  • 20Resentment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Resentment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 resentment resentment displeasure animosity anger wrath indignation Sgm: N 1 exasperation exasperation bitter resentment wrathful indignation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …

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